Re: [HACKERS] Anyone working on optimizing subset min/max queries? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Anyone working on optimizing subset min/max queries?
Date
Msg-id 199807132131.RAA28670@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Anyone working on optimizing subset min/max queries?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> For now, I can live with scanning all the table entries, but it would be
> nice to know that someone is working on this and it'll be there by the
> time my tables get huge ;-).  I see something about
>     * Use indexes in ORDER BY, min(), max()(Costin Oproiu)
> in the TODO list, but is this actively being worked on, and will it
> solve my problem or just handle simpler cases?
>
> Alternatively, is there a better way to do predecessor/successor
> queries in SQL?

Costin is not working on it currently, and I have removed his name from
the item.  I know of no one working on it, though it is requested every
so often.

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