Re: Efficiently query for the most recent record for a given user

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Thanks guys!


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Igor Neyman <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-
> performance-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Freire
> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 2:20 PM
> To: Robert DiFalco
> Cc: pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Efficiently query for the most recent record for a
> given user
>
> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Robert DiFalco <robert.difalco@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Let's say I have a table something like this:
> >
> >    create table call_activity (
> >         id int8 not null,
> >         called timestamp,
> >         user_id int8 not null,
> >         primary key (id)
> >         foreign key (user_id) references my_users
> >     )
> >
> >
> > I want to get the last call_activity record for a single user.  Is
> > there ANY way to efficiently retrieve the last record for a specified
> > user_id, or do I need to de-normalize and update a table with a single
> > row for each user each time a new call_activity record is inserted? I
> > know I how to do the query without the summary table (subquery or
> > GROUP BY with MAX) but that seems like it will never perform well for
> > large data sets. Or am I full of beans and it should perform just fine
> > for a huge data set as long as I have an index on "called"?
>
>
> Create an index over (user_id, called desc), and do
>
> select * from call_activity where user_id = blarg order by called desc limit 1
>

And most recent call for every user:

SELECT id, user_id, MAX(called) OVER (PARTITION BY user_id) FROM call_activity;

Regards,
Igor Neyman



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