Tilmann Singer wrote:
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20070728 21:05]:
Let's try putting the sort/limit in each piece of the UNION to speed them up 
separately.

SELECT * FROM (
 (SELECT * FROM large_table lt
 WHERE lt.user_id = 12345
 ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10) AS q1
 UNION
 (SELECT * FROM large_table lt
 WHERE user_id IN (SELECT contact_id FROM relationships WHERE user_id=12345)
 ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10) AS q2
ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 10;

It's not possible to use ORDER BY or LIMIT within unioned queries.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-select.html#SQL-UNION

If I'm reading this documentation correctly, it *is* possible, as long as 
they're inside of a sub-select, as in this case.

Craig

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