Re: [GENERAL] Query is not using index when it should

On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 03:32:13PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 03:17:13PM +0100, Tomas Skäre wrote:
> > select c.* from cjm_object c
> >  inner join
> >   (select max(timestamp) as timestamp,objectid,field from cjm_object
> >    group by objectid,field) t
> >   using(timestamp,objectid,field)
> >  where 1=1 and data is not null
> >  order by objectid,field;
>
> Usually, SELECT max(field) FROM table is better written in PostgreSQL as
> SELECT field FROM table ORDER field DESC LIMIT 1.
>
> I don't see the point of "where 1=1", though...

I've seen that in generated queries.  The generating program uses
"WHERE 1=1" to simplify the addition of other conditions: instead
of checking if it needs to add a WHERE and putting ANDs in the right
places, it simply appends subsequent conditions with " AND condition".

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