will 8.4 be able to optmize rank() windows ? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
Subject will 8.4 be able to optmize rank() windows ?
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Msg-id 2f4958ff0902240707u75904ad3qc4bb013b5b398801@mail.gmail.com
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Question to core developers
if I rank() a table, grouping by foo - but only will want to get first
X result for every rank.
Will postgresql be able to optimize that, or is it something left over
for 8.5 in general?


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GJ

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