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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:36:31 -0500
From: Shaun Thomas <sthomas@peak6.com>
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To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
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Subject: Re: seq scan in the case of max() on the primary key column
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On 06/16/2011 12:25 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote:

> PostgreSQL 9.0 is unable to use an index scan to find min/max on a
> partitioned table. 9.1, however, can do that.

Unfortunately this is true. You can fake it this way though:

/**
* Return the Maximum INT Value for a Partitioned Table Column
*
* @param string  Name of Schema of the base partition table.
* @param string  Name of the base partition table.
* @param string  Name of column to search.
*/
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION spc_max_part_int(VARCHAR,  VARCHAR, VARCHAR)
RETURNS INT AS
$$
DECLARE

   sSchema ALIAS FOR $1;
   sTable ALIAS FOR $2;
   sColName ALIAS FOR $3;

   sChild VARCHAR;
   nMax INT;
   nTemp INT;
   nParent OID;

BEGIN

   EXECUTE '
    SELECT max(' || sColName ||')
      FROM ONLY ' || sSchema || '.' || quote_ident(sTable)
   INTO nMax;

   SELECT INTO nParent t.oid
     FROM pg_class t
     JOIN pg_namespace n ON (t.relnamespace=n.oid)
    WHERE n.nspname = sSchema
      AND t.relname = sTable;

   FOR sChild IN
     SELECT t.relname
       FROM pg_class t
       JOIN pg_inherits c ON (c.inhrelid=t.oid AND c.inhparent=nParent)
   LOOP
     nTemp := utility.spc_max_part_int(sSchema, sChild, sColName);
     nMax := greatest(nTemp, nMax);
   END LOOP;

   RETURN nMax;

END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql STABLE;


You can call that instead of max, and it'll be much faster. You can 
create an analog for min if you need it. So for this, you'd call:

SELECT spc_max_part_int('appqosdata', 'tcpsessions', 'id');

Someone probably has a better solution. :)

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Shaun Thomas
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