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From: Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Effective query for listing flags in use by messages in a folder
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:37:44 +0100 (CET)
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På onsdag 18. mars 2015 kl. 14:19:18, skrev Hector Vass <
hector.vass@metametrics.co.uk <mailto:hector.vass@metametrics.co.uk>>: My 
recommendation is to hold the data as key value pairs not as a table with 
columns for each flag.. 

 

Taking your table message ... and loading into this key value pair table 
messaage2..

 

drop type if exists myflags cascade; create type myflags as 
enum('is_seen','is_replied','is_forwarded','is_deleted','is_draft','is_flagged');
drop table if exists message2; create table message2(     folder_id integer not 
NULL,     msg varchar(200),     is_flag myflags ); insert into message2 select 
folder_id,msg,'is_seen' from message where is_seen is TRUE; insert into 
message2 select folder_id,msg,'is_replied' from message where is_replied is 
TRUE; insert into message2 select folder_id,msg,'is_forwarded' from message 
where is_forwarded is TRUE; insert into message2 select 
folder_id,msg,'is_deleted' from message where is_deleted is TRUE; insert into 
message2 select folder_id,msg,'is_draft' from message where is_draft is TRUE; 
insert into message2 select folder_id,msg,'is_flagged' from message where 
is_flagged is TRUE;   select is_flag from message2 where folder_id=1 group by 1;
​ work=# select is_flag from message2 where folder_id=1 group by 1;   is_flag 
------------  is_seen  is_deleted  is_replied (3 rows)   New messages are 
inserted into the message-table "all the time" and it seems quite expensive to 
keep this key-value table updated (which it must be, using triggers).   My 
version returns in sub-millisecond for a folder with > 100K messages in it, 
which I think is not bad, I just don't like the looks of the query and all the 
indexes required.   Thanks for looking into this.   -- Andreas Joseph Krogh CTO 
/ Partner - Visena AS Mobile: +47 909 56 963 andreas@visena.com 
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