Re: Best way to get the latest revision from a table

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Shaun Thomas <sthomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> This actually looks like a perfect candidate for DISTINCT ON.
> 
> SELECT DISTINCT ON (a, b) a, b, revision
>    FROM test
>   ORDER BY a, b DESC;
 
I wouldn't say perfect.  It runs about eight times slower than what
I suggested and returns a fairly random value for revision instead
of the max(revision).
 
-Kevin

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