Re: can i make this sql query more efficiant?

Tomasz,

> What about this:
> select
>   event,
>   sum(case when level=1 then 1 else 0 end) as ones,
>   sum(case when level=2 then 1 else 0 end) as twos,
>   sum(case when level=3 then 1 else 0 end) as threes
> from baz
> group by event;

That version is only more efficient for small data sets.    I've generally
found that case statements are slower than subselects for large data sets.
YMMV.

BTW, while it won't be faster, Joe Conway's crosstab function in /tablefunc
does this kind of transformation.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco