RE: Large OR query

I would load the 1000 values into a temporary table, and join on the ID
field. I usually find that approach gives much faster results.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zak McGregor [SMTP:zak(at)mighty(dot)co(dot)za]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 7:42 AM
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> 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
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