Re: Aggregate query for multiple records

shouldn't take that long, I would think.
You have indexes on wid and date?


Troy

> 
> Hello, I am new to the list, my apology if this question is beyond the 
> scope or charter of this list.
> 
> My questions is:
> What is the best method to perform an aggregate query to calculate 
> sum() values for each distinct wid as in the example below, but except 
> for all wid's (not just WHERE wid='01/1-6-1-30w1/0').
> 
> Also, performance wise, would it be better to build a function for this 
> query.  The table has 9 million records and these aggregate queries 
> take hours.
> 
> 
> SELECT
>    SUM(oil) as sumoil, SUM(hours) as sumhours,
> FROM
>    (SELECT oil, hours prd_data WHERE wid='01/1-6-1-30w1/0'
>     ORDER BY date LIMIT 6) subtable
> ;
> 
> 
> Table description:
>                Table "prd_data"
>   Column |         Type          | Modifiers
> --------+-----------------------+-----------
>   date   | integer               |
>   hours  | real                  |
>   oil    | real                  |
>   gas    | real                  |
>   water  | real                  |
>   pwid   | integer               |
>   wid    | character varying(20) |
>   year   | smallint              |
> Indexes: wid_index6
> 
> 
> Actual table (prd_data), 9 million records:
> 
>    date  | hours |  oil  | gas  | water | pwid |       wid       | year
> --------+-------+-------+------+-------+------+-----------------+------
>   196507 |   360 | 159.4 | 11.3 |  40.9 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1965
>   196508 |   744 |   280 |   20 |  27.2 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1965
>   196509 |   360 | 171.1 | 11.4 |  50.4 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1965
>   196510 |   744 | 202.1 |   25 |  89.8 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1965
>   196512 |   744 | 201.3 | 23.8 |  71.9 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1965
>   196511 |   720 |   184 | 17.6 |  78.9 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1965
>   196610 |   744 |  99.8 | 15.4 |  53.7 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1966
>   196612 |   744 |    86 | 12.8 |  36.1 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1966
>   196611 |   720 |    86 | 12.6 |  41.7 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1966
>   196601 |   744 | 191.6 | 22.6 |  50.7 |  413 | 01/1-1-1-31w1/0 | 1966
>   200301 |   461 |  68.8 |   0 | 186.3 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200310 |   740 | 446.3 |   0 | 563.1 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200306 |   667 |  92.1 |   0 | 968.8 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200304 |     0 |     0 |   0 |     0 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200308 |   457 | 100.7 |   0 |  82.8 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200307 |   574 |    78 |   0 |   752 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200312 |   582 | 360.9 |   0 |   569 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200311 |   681 | 260.8 |   0 | 563.9 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200305 |   452 |     0 |   0 |     0 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
>   200309 |   637 | 244.6 |   0 | 193.8 | 47899 | 9G/6-1-50-24w3/0 | 2003
> (20 rows)
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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> Scott A. Gerhardt, P.Geo.
> Gerhardt Information Technologies
> 
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