Re: Large OR query

Is populating another table with the 1000 values and doing a
SELECT * FROM <whatever> WHERE <something> IN (SELECT <something> FROM
<whatever>) ?

I'm not entirely sure that it will yield a better result but it's worth a
try.

-Mitch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zak McGregor" <zak(at)mighty(dot)co(dot)za>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 8:42 AM
Subject: [GENERAL] Large OR query

> Hi all
>
> If I have say 1000 values for an ID field, what is the best way to
> select from a table all the corresponding records?
> I have tried
> select * from blah where id in (id1,id2,id3...id1000)
> and
> select * from blah where id=id1 or id=id2 ... or id=id1000
>
> and both are pretty slow.
> Is there a better way to do this please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ciao
> --
> Zak McGregor http://www.carfolio.com - Over 7000 car specs online
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