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From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@opengroupware.us>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: short-cutting if sum()>constant
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:02:37 -0500
Message-ID: <1261490557.6467.0.camel@linux-m3mt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091222133527.3007bd96@dawn.webthatworks.it>
References: <20091222133527.3007bd96@dawn.webthatworks.it>

On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 13:35 +0100, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to know if
> select sum(qty) from t where status=37;
> is > constant.
> qty is always >0.
> Is there a way to skip examining further rows and return a result
> ASAP?

SELECT SUM(object_version)
FROM date_x
WHERE owner_id = 10100
HAVING SUM(object_version) > 1000

?

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