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From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Most recent row
Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 14:19:14 +0200
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David G. Johnston schrieb am 05.05.2017 um 17:14:
> ​I would start with something using DISTINCT ON and avoid redundant
> data. If performance starts to suck I would then probably add a field
> to people where you can record the most recent assessment id and
> which you would change via a trigger on assessments.
> 
> (not tested)​
> 
> ​SELECT DISTINCT ON (p) p, a
> FROM people p
> LEFT JOIN ​assessments a USING (p_id)
> ORDER BY p, a.as_timestamp DESC;
> 
> David J.
> 

I would probably put the evaluation of the "most recent assessment" into a derived table:

  select *
  from people p
  join (
    select distinct on (p_id) *
    from assessments
    order by p_id, as_timestamp desc
  ) a on a.p_id = p.id;

In my experience joining with the result of the distinct on () is quicker then applying the distinct on () on the result of the join.





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