Try :
EXPLAIN SELECT get_year_trunc(pub_date) as foo FROM ... GROUP BY foo
Apart from that, you could use a materialized view...
> db=# EXPLAIN SELECT DISTINCT get_year_trunc(pub_date) FROM
Ah, that makes sense. So is there a way to optimize SELECT DISTINCT queries
that have no WHERE clause?
Adrian
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