Re: select with max functions

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Mariel Cherkassky <mariel.cherkassky@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> explain analyze   SELECT Ma.User_Id,
>                       COUNT(*) COUNT
>                FROM   Manuim Ma
>                WHERE  Ma.Bb_Open_Date  =
>                                   (SELECT Bb_Open_Date
>                                    FROM   Manuim Man
>                                    WHERE  Man.User_Id = Ma.User_Id order
> by                                   bb_open_date desc limit 1
>                                   )
>                GROUP  BY Ma.User_Id
>                HAVING COUNT(*) > 1;

The core problem with this query is that the sub-select has to be done
over again for each row of the outer table, since it's a correlated
sub-select (ie, it refers to Ma.User_Id from the outer table).  Replacing
a max() call with handmade logic doesn't do anything to help that.
I'd try refactoring it so that you calculate the max Bb_Open_Date just
once for each user id, perhaps along the lines of

SELECT Ma.User_Id,
       COUNT(*) COUNT
       FROM   Manuim Ma,
              (SELECT User_Id, max(Bb_Open_Date) as max
               FROM   Manuim Man
               GROUP BY User_Id) ss
       WHERE  Ma.User_Id = ss.User_Id AND
              Ma.Bb_Open_Date = ss.max
       GROUP  BY Ma.User_Id
       HAVING COUNT(*) > 1;

This is still not going to be instantaneous, but it might be better.

It's possible that an index on (User_Id, Bb_Open_Date) would help,
but I'm not sure.

			regards, tom lane


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