Re: inner join and limit

In article <4BFD5BC0(dot)90900(at)unipex(dot)it>,
Michele Petrazzo - Unipex <michele(dot)petrazzo(at)unipex(dot)it> writes:

> Hi list,
> 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).

If you also want LIMIT N, the easiest way is probably the use of a
window function (PostgreSQL >= 8.4):

SELECT i1, i2, somedate
FROM (
SELECT t1.id AS i1, t2.id AS i2, t2.somedate,
rank() OVER (PARTITION BY t1.id ORDER BY t2.somedate DESC)
FROM t1
JOIN t2 ON t2.t1id = t1.id
) dummy
WHERE rank <= $N