[ADMIN] using limit

2010-12-16 Thread Anibal David Acosta
Hi I really like to do efficient SQL queries so, my question is if I am expecting no more than one row from a select, using the LIMIT 1 could improve the performance? If I use my logic, the LIMIT 1 instruction tell to postgres that stop searching when found 1 record, but maybe it is unnecessa

[ADMIN] Copying database directory

2010-12-16 Thread Tsing, Vadim
We are trying to select a database engine for a new product we plan to start developing. One of the requirements is to be able to ship the data on the media and install it on the user's hard-drive. One of the issues we've run into is that pg_restore takes a lot of time to restore large database.

Re: [ADMIN] using limit

2010-12-16 Thread Anibal David Acosta
Is a table with 10 million of rows with a primary key but conditions used in select are not part of PK. My table is like this: Column 1 - PK Column 2 - Indexed Column 3 - Indexed Column 2 and Column 3 are Indexed in the same index but they are not mark as unique or PK The Query is li

Re: [ADMIN] using limit

2010-12-16 Thread Michael Holt
Yes, a limit should speed up your query from the sounds of things. *From:* Anibal David Acosta [mailto:a...@devshock.com] *Sent:* Thursday, December 16, 2010 11:34 AM *To:* 'Michael Holt'; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org *Subject:* RE: [ADMIN] using limit Is a table with 10 million of rows with a

Re: [ADMIN] using limit

2010-12-16 Thread Michael Holt
This really depends on the type of query you’re talking about. If there’s only one row in the table you’re querying then no, I don’t think it’ll change anything. If you’re querying a single row using a primary key it shouldn’t change anything. If you’re doing an aggregate query, say a sum of a bunc