On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:47:18 +0100
Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I found one ugly trick. You can multiply lines and SUM > cons
> could be replaced limit clause:
The trick is really smart (and fun), kudos, really, it's always a
pleasure to read your solutions, thanks.
But as expected:
In a table with 100000 rows with random values [0,9]
test=# select sum(x) from (select 1 as x,(a =
generate_series(1,a))::int from data limit 100000) s; sum
--------100000
(1 row)
Time: 71.423 ms
test=# create or replace function tano(a int, out b int)
returns int as
$$
declare row record;
beginb :=0; for row in select a as _a from data loop b := row._a + b; if (b>=a)
then return; end if; end loop; return;
end;
$$ language plpgsql;
test=# select * from tano(100000); b
--------100000
(1 row)
Time: 0.187 ms
I run both several times to avoid simple caching issues... anyway I
didn't really run a serious benchmark, but results were always in
the same order of magnitude.
I hope I didn't make any mistake.
--
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it
