On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 10:11:15PM +0800, pgsql-sql wrote:
> HI!
>
> The SQL below is too slow.
>
> SELECT name FROM office, office_application
> WHERE code = office_code
> AND name NOT IN
> (SELECT DISTINCT name FROM office, office_application
> WHERE active = 't' AND code = office_code);
>
How does the output of the above differ from:
SELECT name FROM office, office_application
WHERE code = office_code
AND active != 't';
Without knowing the table structures (which tables to active, code,
and office_code belong to?) it's hard to suggest much else.
Ross
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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm@rice.edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005