Are you using a new enough version of sqlite (3.25 or better) that you can
use window functions?

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 7:29 AM Dobrila Šunde <dobrila.su...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi!
>
> So I have been trying to write a query that needs to be really fast (under
> 1 ms would be ideal) to a very large database (around 20 000 rows and 20
> columns). The problem is that I need to find the user inside the sorted
> database and retrieve a number of users better and worse than him as to
> make a ranking table and show the user in the middle of it (the ranking
> table consists of 7 players).
> Currently this query takes about 3.5 ms and has a lot of issues. Some of
> them include the fact that I can't retrieve the users that have the same
> amount of points as my user. I also need to know the exact rank of the
> person inside the whole database that's why I need the count (*). It would
> be ideal to have the ranks of every player in the database but I couldn't
> find a way that isn't ridiculously slow. Is there any fast way I can
> retrieve 3 players better or equal to my player with points and worse or
> equal to my player with points so there aren't any duplicates?
>
> select player.user_profile_id, (select count(*) + 1 from event_stats
> player2 where player2.points > player.points order by player2.points desc)
> as 'rank', 'player' as 'stats_group', player.name, player.points from
> event_stats player where player.user_profile_id=202
> union all
> SELECT *
> FROM (
>   select stats.user_profile_id, 0 as 'rank', 'ahead' as 'stats_group',
> stats.name, stats.points from event_stats user
>   left join event_stats stats on stats.points > user.points
>   where user.user_profile_id=202 order by stats.points ASC limit 3
> ) q1
> union all
> SELECT *
> FROM (
>   select stats.user_profile_id, 0 as 'rank', 'below' as 'stats_group',
> stats.name, stats.fame from event_stats user
>   left join event_stats stats on stats.points < user.points
>   where user.user_profile_id=202 order by stats.points DESC limit 3
> ) q2 order by points desc
>
> Thanks for your help!
> _______________________________________________
> sqlite-users mailing list
> sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org
> http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
>
_______________________________________________
sqlite-users mailing list
sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org
http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users

Reply via email to