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Hello SQL Aces !

I want to do a select on a table distinct on linkid and sorted by
date. I have try this

SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid, read_date;

With this request "works" but the raws are sorted as I want. To have
the rows sorted by date I have done this using a temporary table and
that works exactly as I want.

CREATE LOCAL TEMP TABLE temp_links WITHOUT OIDS AS
SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid;

SELECT * from temp_links ORDER BY read_date DESC limit 100

My question is... How can I do the same thing in the more efficient
way and without using a temporary table. Since I am using PHP and the
table is not deleted at the end of the program because PHP keeps the
connection to the database open.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Fred


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how about (untested)

select *
from
(
SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) *
FROM all_links
WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01')
ORDER BY linkid
) A
ORDER BY read_date DESC limit 100


---------- Original Message -----------
From: FC <lne-1mc8@myamail.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Sent: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:40:48 +0200
Subject: [GENERAL] SQL question.

> Hello SQL Aces !
>
> I want to do a select on a table distinct on linkid and sorted by
> date. I have try this
>
> SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
> WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
> TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid, read_date;
>
> With this request "works" but the raws are sorted as I want. To have
> the rows sorted by date I have done this using a temporary table and
> that works exactly as I want.
>
> CREATE LOCAL TEMP TABLE temp_links WITHOUT OIDS AS
> SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
> WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
> TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid;
>
> SELECT * from temp_links ORDER BY read_date DESC limit 100
>
> My question is... How can I do the same thing in the more efficient
> way and without using a temporary table. Since I am using PHP and the
> table is not deleted at the end of the program because PHP keeps the
> connection to the database open.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Fred
>
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On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 04:40:48PM +0200, FC wrote:
>
> Hello SQL Aces !
>
> I want to do a select on a table distinct on linkid and sorted by
> date. I have try this

How about a subquery?:

SELECT * FROM
( SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid, read_date) AS sub
ORDER BY read_date DESC limit 100;

Hope this helps,

> My question is... How can I do the same thing in the more efficient
> way and without using a temporary table. Since I am using PHP and the
> table is not deleted at the end of the program because PHP keeps the
> connection to the database open.
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I need to remember to keep things simple...

Works fine, thanks.

Fred


On Jun 1, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Jim Buttafuoco wrote:

> how about (untested)
>
> select *
> from
> (
> SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) *
> FROM all_links
> WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC
> ('day',TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01')
> ORDER BY linkid
> ) A
> ORDER BY read_date DESC limit 100
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: FC <lne-1mc8@myamail.com>
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Sent: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 16:40:48 +0200
> Subject: [GENERAL] SQL question.
>
>
>> Hello SQL Aces !
>>
>> I want to do a select on a table distinct on linkid and sorted by
>> date. I have try this
>>
>> SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
>> WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
>> TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid, read_date;
>>
>> With this request "works" but the raws are sorted as I want. To have
>> the rows sorted by date I have done this using a temporary table and
>> that works exactly as I want.
>>
>> CREATE LOCAL TEMP TABLE temp_links WITHOUT OIDS AS
>> SELECT DISTINCT ON (linkid) * FROM all_links
>> WHERE uid='2' AND DATE_TRUNC('day',read_date) = DATE_TRUNC('day',
>> TIMESTAMP '2005-06-01') ORDER BY linkid;
>>
>> SELECT * from temp_links ORDER BY read_date DESC limit 100
>>
>> My question is... How can I do the same thing in the more efficient
>> way and without using a temporary table. Since I am using PHP and the
>> table is not deleted at the end of the program because PHP keeps the
>> connection to the database open.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>> Fred
>>
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>> broadcast)---------------------------
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>
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