"Travis Whitton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One last question, using the "weather report" example, is it going to > improve performance for the DISTINCT ON query to add an index to the > location and time columns?
A two-column index matching the ORDER BY that you use might help, or then again might not --- for full-table scans it's often faster to sort than to try to use an index. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq