Re: [SQL] More efficient DELETE ... ?

>
> This looks painful ...
>
> DELETE FROM webhit_referer_raw
> WHERE oid IN ( SELECT w.oid
> FROM webhit_referer_raw w, referrer_data r
> WHERE stat_date < 'Jan 17 2000 15:05:00'
> AND w.referrer_url = r.referrer );
>
> But, reading through the man page, it looks like this about the only way
> of doing it? Or am I missing something as obvious as the UPDATE I asked
> about the other day? :(

Read chapter 8 from my book. That is the only way for DELETE. You
could to EXISTS and that may be faster.

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