There is only one table/view, it's getting one record for each of the hundred or so plan ID's that I'm looking for. On 2/13/07 11:29 PM, in article 45D2BA53.2010100@xxxxxxx, "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 02/13/07 07:46, Ray Bannon wrote: >> I have a query which is running a bit slowly, and I'm wondering if anyone >> has a design improvement. Basically it's a series of unions as follows: >> >> Select ID, plan_name from table/view >> Where plan_name = 'A' >> And rownum = 1 >> UNION >> Select ID, plan_name from table/view >> Where plan_name = 'B' >> And rownum = 1 >> UNION >> Select ID, plan_name from table/view >> Where plan_name = 'C' >> And rownum = 1 >> UNION >> >> Ad infinitum for about 100 iterations. >> >> Any way to write this more efficiently? > > Just out of curiosity: why does your(?) design have 100 tables/views > with the same (or almost identical) structure? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFF0rpTS9HxQb37XmcRAtH5AJ4zz5NPM5rBsNWLrKC+/Md6GhxCNgCfZBHf > AeMbTRNKp4guK81pGwfU5wc= > =t9y+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq >
