Speeding up partial COUNT(*) in Postgres by using LIMIT in a subquery

Опубликовано: 26 Март 2026
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In episode 103 of “5mins of Postgres”, we look at optimizing the performance of COUNT statements when only a subset of the data needs to be counted, through use of a LIMIT in a sub-SELECT. We also discuss how this can be represented effectively in a web application.

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📑 What we have discussed in this episode of 5mins of Postgres:

An Efficient Way to Check for Existence of Multiple Values in SQL - Blog post by Lukas Eder
https://blog.jooq.org/an-efficient-wa...