RE: column max length / max timestamps from system tables

I don’t have suitable data to hand to test, but I would expect finding the max on a timestamp column would be PDQ, especially if it is an indexed column.

For the other column I’m guessing more work has to be done finding the length for each row. Maybe maintaining a column containing the current length for each row would help?

Anyway, can you test the max timestamp and the max col length separately to confirm where the time goes?

Re-reading the original question makes me think there may be more complexity to your querie(s) then I realise.

Dave

From: sbob [mailto:sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com]
Sent: 02 June 2021 20:18
To: David G. Johnston
Cc: Pgsql-admin
Subject: Re: column max length / max timestamps from system tables

Unfortunately this takes hours since the table has > 500million rows

just wanted to see if there was a shorrtcut / alternate

On 6/2/21 11:13 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021, 10:05 sbob <sbob(at)quadratum-braccas(dot)com> wrote:

Hi all;

we need to pull the max timestamp for a set of columns and the max
string length for another set of columns. Can I get this from system
tables? If so, how up to date would it be?

No. Just query the table directly.

David J.