A BUGNOTE has been added to this bug.
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http://www.dbmail.org/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0000171
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Reported By:                OutboundIndex
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    DBMail
Bug ID:                     171
Category:                   Database layer
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             02-Feb-05 22:48 CET
Last Modified:              06-Feb-05 19:06 CET
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Summary:                    max() is indexable in mysql but not in postgresql 
causing extreme slowness every folder open
Description: 
An often used sql query is fast on mysql (indexed) but unbearably horribly
slow on postgresql once dbmail is full of a lot of messages (400,000 and
maybe a lot less.) Particularly easy to feel when using squirrelmail.
Postgresql cannot and does not use indexes on a min() or max() function.
Blazingly fast performance in postgresql is restored by using the current
value of the next sequence instead of max()+1 in the query.
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 aaron - 06-Feb-05 19:06 CET 
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There was a suggestion of using LIMIT, which is supported by both MySQL and
PostgreSQL. That should work just fine in 2.0 since we only support MySQL
and PostgreSQL anyways. During 2.1, when more database shims are added,
we'll have to complexify the solution a little bit. Cross that bridge when
we get to it.

Bug History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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02-Feb-05 22:48OutboundIndex  New Bug                                      
02-Feb-05 22:48OutboundIndex  File Added: pg-speed.diff                    
06-Feb-05 19:06aaron          Bugnote Added: 0000579                       
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