The simplified scene:
select slowfunction(s) from a order by b limit 1;
is slow than
select slowfunction(s) from (select s from a order by b limit 1) as z;
if there are many records in table 'a'.
The real scene. Function ST_Distance_Sphere is slow, the query:
SELECT ST_Distance_Sphere(s, ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)')) from road order by
c limit 1;
is slow than:
select ST_Distance_Sphere(s, ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)')) from (SELECT s from
road order by c limit 1) as a;
There are about 7000 records in 'road'.
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