On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:14 PM, droberts <david.roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I have a table that contains call records. I'm looking to get only > records for users who made the most calls over a particular time duration in > an efficient way. > > calls() > > time, duration, caller_number, dialed_number > > > > -- query to get top 10 callers > select caller_number, count(1) from calls group by caller_number order by > calls desc limit 10 > > --my current query to get those callers > > select * from call where caller_number in (above query) > > > It works but I was hoping for something a little more efficient if anyone > has an idea. How fast is it running, and how fast do you expect it to run? To make that faster than that, you're going to have to rethink things a little bit. For example, you could narrow the search down to a time range, or maybe you could keep a running internalization of the count. This query looks suspicious: select caller_number, count(1) from calls group by caller_number order by calls desc limit 10 you're ordering by the entire table, which is almost certainly a mistake. It probably needs to look like: select * from ( select caller_number, count(1) as count_calls from calls group by caller_number ) q order by count_calls desc limit 10; merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general