-- Rank = ScaleFactor * sign(Score) * log(1 + abs(Score)) / (Time + 2)^Gravity create or replace function hot_rank( score numeric, published timestamp without time zone) returns numeric as $$ begin -- hours_diff:=EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (timezone('utc',now()) - published))/3600 return 10000*sign(score)*log(1 + abs(score)) / power(((EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM (timezone('utc',now()) - published))/3600) + 2), 1.8); end; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; create view post_listing as select post.*, (select count(*) from comment where comment.post_id = post.id) as number_of_comments, coalesce(sum(post_like.score),0) as score, hot_rank(coalesce(sum(post_like.score),0), post.published) as hot_rank from post left join post_like on post.id = post_like.post_id group by post.id;