Oracle vs PostgreSQL Develop（15） - DISTINCT ON

平時在客戶業務的數據分析中,經常有這么一種需求,那就是希望得到某個組里面某些字段最大或最小的記錄.
比如雇員表:

[local]:5432 pg12@testdb=# \d employee
                       Table "public.employee"
   Column   |         Type          | Collation | Nullable | Default 
------------+-----------------------+-----------+----------+---------
 id         | integer               |           |          | 
 name       | character varying(30) |           |          | 
 department | character varying(30) |           |          | 
 salary     | double precision      |

我們通過 MockData生成測試數據,共1000行,department共有12個.

[local]:5432 pg12@testdb=# select count(*) from employee;
 count 
-------
  1000
(1 row)
Time: 22.747 ms
[local]:5432 pg12@testdb=# select distinct department from employee;
        department        
--------------------------
 Marketing
 Training
 Sales
 Business Development
 Product Management
 Research and Development
 Support
 Legal
 Accounting
 Services
 Human Resources
 Engineering
(12 rows)
Time: 2.616 ms

下面希望得到每個department中salary中最大的employee.
常規的做法是使用分組求得最大值/最小值,然后進行關聯查詢:

[local]:5432 pg12@testdb=# select a.* from employee a,(select department,max(salary) as salary  from employee group by department) b 
pg12@testdb-# where a.department = b.department and a.salary = b.salary order by a.department;
 id  |        name        |        department        | salary  
-----+--------------------+--------------------------+---------
 453 | Ericha Hendrikse   | Accounting               |  9958.5
 307 | Kyle Hartegan      | Business Development     | 9754.93
 969 | Odelinda Marsden   | Engineering              |  9942.3
 201 | Glen Kasperski     | Human Resources          | 9559.54
 892 | Mirabelle Lesslie  | Legal                    | 9720.49
 214 | Chane Koschek      | Marketing                | 9943.86
 371 | Josy Ayliff        | Product Management       | 9975.48
 191 | Meir Alvaro        | Research and Development |    9870
 770 | Adoree de Guerre   | Sales                    | 9808.65
 370 | Benoite Overlow    | Services                 | 9884.79
 866 | Shirlee McIlherran | Support                  | 9884.08
 586 | Renae Jerromes     | Training                 | 9904.24
(12 rows)
Time: 8.256 ms
[local]:5432 pg12@testdb=#

這種方法有個問題是如果max salary有多條記錄的話,上述查詢的結果會有多條.
PostgreSQL提供了DISTINCT ON,可簡單實現該需求

[local]:5432 pg12@testdb=# SELECT DISTINCT ON (department)
pg12@testdb-#     *
pg12@testdb-# FROM
pg12@testdb-#     employee
pg12@testdb-# ORDER BY
pg12@testdb-#     department,
pg12@testdb-#     salary DESC;
 id  |        name        |        department        | salary  
-----+--------------------+--------------------------+---------
 453 | Ericha Hendrikse   | Accounting               |  9958.5
 307 | Kyle Hartegan      | Business Development     | 9754.93
 969 | Odelinda Marsden   | Engineering              |  9942.3
 201 | Glen Kasperski     | Human Resources          | 9559.54
 892 | Mirabelle Lesslie  | Legal                    | 9720.49
 214 | Chane Koschek      | Marketing                | 9943.86
 371 | Josy Ayliff        | Product Management       | 9975.48
 191 | Meir Alvaro        | Research and Development |    9870
 770 | Adoree de Guerre   | Sales                    | 9808.65
 370 | Benoite Overlow    | Services                 | 9884.79
 866 | Shirlee McIlherran | Support                  | 9884.08
 586 | Renae Jerromes     | Training                 | 9904.24
(12 rows)
Time: 11.445 ms

Excellent Feature!

參考資料
The Many Faces of DISTINCT in PostgreSQL