Re: number of values updated per column

How about separating count query from update statement.
I found a bit performance improvement from your example.

with 100000 rows, fastest time in 10 times try
yours: 989.679 ms
mine: 719.739 ms

query
-------
(same DDL, DML)

WITH cnt AS (
SELECT
count(CASE WHEN tab1.a >= 60 THEN 1 END) AS a_count,
count(CASE WHEN tab1.b >= 60 THEN 1 END) AS b_count,
count(CASE WHEN tab1.c >= 60 THEN 1 END) AS c_count
FROM
tab1
),
upd AS (
UPDATE tab1 SET
a = CASE WHEN tab1.a >= 60 THEN -1 ELSE tab1.a END,
b = CASE WHEN tab1.b >= 60 THEN -1 ELSE tab1.b END,
c = CASE WHEN tab1.c >= 60 THEN -1 ELSE tab1.c END
)
select
a_count,
b_count,
c_count
from
cnt
;

On 2013/01/18, at 2:36, Willy-Bas Loos <willybas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd like to know, per column, how many values were changed by my query.
> I have a working example, but i am curious what you people think about it.
> Is it efficient? I have to make a self join, but i don't see a faster way.
>
>
> Here's the example:
> -------------
> drop table if exists tab1 ;
> create table tab1(id serial primary key, a integer, b integer, c integer);
> insert into tab1 (a,b,c)
> select x*random(), x*random(), x*random()
> from generate_series(0,100) foo(x);
>
> with foo as (
> update tab1 set
> a=case when tab1.a >= 60 then -1 else tab1.a end
> , b=case when tab1.b >= 60 then -1 else tab1.b end
> , c=case when tab1.c >= 60 then -1 else tab1.c end
> from tab1 old
> where old.id=tab1.id
> returning
> case when tab1.a != old.a then 1 else 0 end as a_upd
> , case when tab1.b != old.b then 1 else 0 end as b_upd
> , case when tab1.c != old.c then 1 else 0 end as c_upd
> )
> select 'a' as fieldname, sum(a_upd) as updates from foo
> union all
> select 'b' as fieldname, sum(b_upd) as updates from foo
> union all
> select 'c' as fieldname, sum(c_upd) as updates from foo
> -------------
>
> Cheers,
>
> WBL
> --
> "Quality comes from focus and clarity of purpose" -- Mark Shuttleworth