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* Two optimization questions
@ 2006-09-12 10:23 Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu>
2006-09-12 18:46 ` Re: Two optimization questions Aaron Bono <postgresql@aranya.com>
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From: Mezei Zoltán @ 2006-09-12 10:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Hi,
I think it can be done better than I did and I want to learn...
1. I have a table that registers the history of messages:
output_message_history(id, event_type, event_time)
I need those ID-s from the table where there is one 'MESSAGE SENT' event
and one 'MESSAGE SUBMITTED' event and there are no more events on that
message.
select id
from output_message_history
group by content_id
having
sum(case when event_type='MESSAGE SENT' then 1 else 0 end) = 1
and
sum(case when event_type='MESSAGE SUBMITTED' then 1 else 0 end) = 1
and count(*) = 2
Can it be done another, more optimal way?
2. I have to create reports like this one:
time count
12:00 3
12:01 2
12:02 4
12:03 0 <--- now this one is problematic for me
12:04 5
So I need something like this:
select date_trunc('minute', crd), count(*) from subscriber
where crd between '2006-09-08' and '2006-09-12'
group by date_trunc('minute', crd)
But the output of this query won't show minutes with 0 count. I searched
the archives and found an example using a view to solve this problem,
but creating such a view for grouping by minutes or seconds doesn't seem
to be nice solution. Any ideas how to solve this problem?
Thanks for any answers,
Zizi
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* Re: Two optimization questions
2006-09-12 10:23 Two optimization questions Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu>
@ 2006-09-12 18:46 ` Aaron Bono <postgresql@aranya.com>
2006-09-12 19:06 ` Re: Two optimization questions Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu>
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Aaron Bono @ 2006-09-12 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
On 9/12/06, Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think it can be done better than I did and I want to learn...
>
>
> 1. I have a table that registers the history of messages:
> output_message_history(id, event_type, event_time)
> I need those ID-s from the table where there is one 'MESSAGE SENT' event
> and one 'MESSAGE SUBMITTED' event and there are no more events on that
> message.
>
> select id
> from output_message_history
> group by content_id
> having
> sum(case when event_type='MESSAGE SENT' then 1 else 0 end) = 1
> and
> sum(case when event_type='MESSAGE SUBMITTED' then 1 else 0 end) = 1
> and count(*) = 2
>
> Can it be done another, more optimal way?
You could split it into sub-queries but would that make the performance
better or worse? I guess it depends on how much data is there, and what
frequency you have ot the event_type's but indexing the event_type column
would help. This may be worth a try - use EXPLAIN to see which is better.
SELECT id
FROM output_message_history
WHERE NOT content_id IN (
SELECT content_id -- distinct(content_id)
FROM output_message_history
WHERE NOT event_type IN ('MESSAGE SENT', 'MESSAGE SUBMITTED')
)
GROUP BY content_id
HAVING
sum(case when event_type='MESSAGE SENT' then 1 else 0 end) = 1
AND
sum(case when event_type='MESSAGE SUBMITTED' then 1 else 0 end) = 1
2. I have to create reports like this one:
>
> time count
> 12:00 3
> 12:01 2
> 12:02 4
> 12:03 0 <--- now this one is problematic for me
> 12:04 5
>
> So I need something like this:
>
> select date_trunc('minute', crd), count(*) from subscriber
> where crd between '2006-09-08' and '2006-09-12'
> group by date_trunc('minute', crd)
>
> But the output of this query won't show minutes with 0 count. I searched
> the archives and found an example using a view to solve this problem,
> but creating such a view for grouping by minutes or seconds doesn't seem
> to be nice solution. Any ideas how to solve this problem?
Questions like this come up frequently and there are some nice solutions:
See if this gives you some insight:
select
'2006-01-15'::date + s.inc
from
generate_series(0, ('2006-02-20'::date - '2006-01-15'::date)::integer)
as s(inc)
See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/functions-srf.html and
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/functions-datetime.html for
more.
==================================================================
Aaron Bono
Aranya Software Technologies, Inc.
http://www.aranya.com
http://codeelixir.com
==================================================================
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* Re: Two optimization questions
2006-09-12 10:23 Two optimization questions Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu>
2006-09-12 18:46 ` Re: Two optimization questions Aaron Bono <postgresql@aranya.com>
@ 2006-09-12 19:06 ` Mezei Zoltán <mezei.zoltan@telefor.hu>
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Mezei Zoltán @ 2006-09-12 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Aaron Bono <postgresql@aranya.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Aaron Bono wrote:
> You could split it into sub-queries but would that make the
> performance better or worse? I guess it depends on how much data is
> there, and what frequency you have ot the event_type's but indexing
> the event_type column would help. This may be worth a try - use
> EXPLAIN to see which is better.
>
Yep, I tought of that, but the solution with having is faster now. I
think it is because about 30% of the rows are selected in the subquery
now. Later we will have more records, and the subselect should select
only about 1-2% of the rows. At that time, I think your solution will be
faster.
> Questions like this come up frequently and there are some nice solutions:
>
> See if this gives you some insight:
>
> select
> '2006-01-15'::date + s.inc
> from
> generate_series(0, ('2006-02-20'::date -
> '2006-01-15'::date)::integer) as s(inc)
Sup, that's just what I needed. Thank you.
Zizi
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