Hi,
I have a database with 52 columns and 7 million rows.
The columns are Date (timestamp data type), Customer (real data type) and a bunch of other columns that indicate values for each customer on each date (all of these columns are of real data type).
The 'Date' column contains 5 unique values.
The 'Customer' column contains 1.7 million unique values.
1. The following query returns instantly: SELECT "CUSTOMER" FROM "TABLE".
2. The following query takes a long time (stopped after a few minutes): SELECT "CUSTOMER" FROM "TABLE" GROUP BY "CUSTOMER".
3. The following query returns instantly: SELECT "DATE", "CUSTOMER" FROM "TABLE" GROUP BY "DATE", "CUSTOMER".
4. The following query takes a long time (stopped after a few minutes): SELECT "CUSTOMER", "DATE" from "TABLE" GROUP BY "CUSTOMER", "DATE".
* Note that the only difference between query 1 and query 2 are the addition of a group by clause to query 2.
* Note that the only difference between query 3 and query 4 are the order of columns in the select and group by clauses.
Is there a way to work around this? I'm really stuck.
Thanks in advance,
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