Re: inner join and limit

Michele Petrazzo - Unipex <michele(dot)petrazzo(at)unipex(dot)it> wrote:

> I have two table that are so represented:
> t1:
> id int primary key
> ... other

> t2:
> id int primary key
> t1id int fk(t1.id)
> somedate date
> ... other

> data t1:
> 1 | abcde
> 2 | fghi

> data t2:
> 1 | 1 | 2010-05-23
> 2 | 1 | 2010-05-24
> 3 | 1 | 2010-05-25
> 4 | 2 | 2010-05-22
> 5 | 2 | 2010-05-26

> I'm trying to create a query where the data replied are:
> join t1 with t2 and return only the LIMIT 1 (or N) of the
> t2, with date order (of t2).
> Data should be:

> t1.id | t2.id | t2,somedate
> 1 | 3 | 2010-05-25
> 2 | 5 | 2010-05-26

> As said, I'm trying, but without success...
> Can be done for you?

In addition to Luigi's and Rolando's responses, there are of
course the always glorious "DISTINCT ON" for the "LIMIT 1"
case:

| SELECT DISTINCT ON (t1.id) t1.id, t2.id, t2.somedate FROM t1 JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.t1id ORDER BY t1.id, somedate DESC;

and window functions for the generic one:

| SELECT t1_id, t2_id, t2_somedate FROM
| (SELECT t1.id AS t1_id,
| t2.id AS t2_id,
| t2.somedate AS t2_somedate,
| ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY t1.id ORDER BY t2.somedate DESC) AS rn
| FROM t1 JOIN t2 ON t1.id = t2.t1id) AS SubQuery
| WHERE rn <= 2;

Tim