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Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:58:24 +0200
From: Markus Schaber <schabi@logix-tt.com>
To: "Stefano Dal Pra" <s.dalpra@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] two queryes in a single tablescan
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Hi, Stefano,

"Stefano Dal Pra" <s.dalpra@gmail.com> wrote:

> suppose you have a large table tab and two (or more) queryes like this:
> 
> SELECT count(*),A FROM tab WHERE C GROUP BY A;
> SELECT count(*),B FROM tab WHERE C GROUP BY B;
> 
> is there any way to get both results in a single query,
> eventually through stored procedure?
> The retrieved [count(*),A] ; [count(*),B)] data couldnt fit
> on a single table, of course.
> 
> The main goal would be to get multiple results while scanning the
> table[s] once only
> thus getting results in a faster  way.

PostgreSQL 8.3 contains great improvements in this area, you can simply
start the selects from concurrent connections, and the backend will
synchronize the scans.



Regards,
Markus

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