On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 17:44:46 -0700, Dror Matalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is doing order by limit 1 faster than doing max()? Seems like the > optimizer will need to sort or scan the data set either way. That part > didn't actually make a difference in my specific case.
max() will never be evaluated by using an index to find the greatest value. So in many cases using order by and limit 1 is faster. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org