> Previously, we have also tried to use LIMIT 1 instead of DISTINCT, but
> the performance was no better:
> select PlayerID,AtDate from Player where PlayerID='22220' order by
> PlayerID desc, AtDate desc LIMIT 1
The DISTINCT query will pull out all the rows and keep only one, so the
one with LIMIT should be faster. Can you post explain analyze of the LIMIT
query ?
