On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 04:54:09PM -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote: >> select a,b,(select c from t t2 order by c desc where t1.a=t2.a and >> t1.b=t2.b) >> from t t1 group by a,b; > this came out to a tie with the group by approach, although it > produced a different (but similar) plan. we are still orders of > magnitude behind mysql here. Actually, it _should_ produce a syntax error -- it's missing a LIMIT 1 in the subquery. /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/