Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Robert DiFalco <robert.difalco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I want to get the last call_activity record for a single user. > Create an index over (user_id, called desc), and do > select * from call_activity where user_id = blarg order by called desc limit 1 Note that there's no particular need to specify "desc" in the index definition. This same index can support searches in either direction on the "called" column. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance