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 -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance