Perfomance benefit using Min() against order by & limit 1?

From: "Fernando Hevia" <fhevia(at)ip-tel(dot)com(dot)ar>
To: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Perfomance benefit using Min() against order by & limit 1?
Date: 2007-10-30 20:42:18
Message-ID: 069c01c81b35$5d2dfa10$8f01010a@iptel.com.ar
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Hi guys. Is there any difference between these two queries regarding
performance?
Table stopvoip has several million records.
I suspect using the aggregate function would be best, but benchmarking
doesn't seem to confirm it. Both queries take around 150 - 175 ms once data
has been cached.

Any hindsights?

SELECT min(h323setuptime::date)
FROM stopvoip
WHERE callingstationid = '2941605118'
AND h323setuptime >= '2007.07.01'
AND h323disconnectcause = '10'
AND acctsessiontime > 0
AND NOT calledstationid ~ '^99[89]#'

"Aggregate (cost=11151.25..11151.27 rows=1 width=8)"
" -> Bitmap Heap Scan on stopvoip (cost=29.29..11149.98 rows=507
width=8)"
" Recheck Cond: ((callingstationid)::text = '2941605118'::text)"
" Filter: ((h323setuptime >= '2007-07-01 00:00:00-03'::timestamp with
time zone) AND ((h323disconnectcause)::text = '10'::text) AND
(acctsessiontime > 0) AND ((calledstationid)::text !~ '^99[89]#'::text))"
" -> Bitmap Index Scan on idx_stopvoip_callingid2 (cost=0.00..29.29
rows=2939 width=0)"
" Index Cond: ((callingstationid)::text = '2941605118'::text)"

SELECT h323setuptime::date
FROM stopvoip
WHERE callingstationid = '2941605118'
AND h323setuptime >= '2007.07.01'
AND h323disconnectcause = '10'
AND acctsessiontime > 0
AND NOT calledstationid ~ '^99[89]#'
ORDER BY 1
LIMIT 1

"Limit (cost=11174.03..11174.03 rows=1 width=8)"
" -> Sort (cost=11174.03..11175.30 rows=507 width=8)"
" Sort Key: (h323setuptime)::date"
" -> Bitmap Heap Scan on stopvoip (cost=29.29..11151.25 rows=507
width=8)"
" Recheck Cond: ((callingstationid)::text =
'2941605118'::text)"
" Filter: ((h323setuptime >= '2007-07-01
00:00:00-03'::timestamp with time zone) AND ((h323disconnectcause)::text =
'10'::text) AND (acctsessiontime > 0) AND ((calledstationid)::text !~
'^99[89]#'::text))"
" -> Bitmap Index Scan on idx_stopvoip_callingid2
(cost=0.00..29.29 rows=2939 width=0)"
" Index Cond: ((callingstationid)::text =
'2941605118'::text)"

Thanks,
Fernando.

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