On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 05:16:40PM +1100, Sam Saffron wrote: > Even this is fast, and logically equiv as id is primary key unique > select * from topic > where id = 1000 > union all > select * from ( > select * from topics > where id <> 1000 > order by bumped_at desc > limit 30 > ) as x > limit 30 > Is there any clean technique to bump up particular rows to the front > of a sort if a certain condition is met without paying a huge > performance hit? Why don't you use the union-all approach? If it's fast, and does what you need ? depesz -- The best thing about modern society is how easy it is to avoid contact with it. http://depesz.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general