Re: SQL 'in' vs join.

mlw wrote:
>
> Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> > mlw wrote:
> > >
> > > Why is a "select * from table1 where field in (select field from table2
> > > where condition )"
> > >
> > > is so dramatically bad compared to:
> > >
> > > "select * from table1, table2 where table1.field = table2.field and
> > > condition"
> > >
> > > I can't understand why the first query isn't optimized better than the
> > > second one. The 'in' query forces a full table scan (it shouldn't) and
> > > the second one uses the indexes. Does anyone know why?
> >
> > Its not done yet, and probably hsomewhat difficult to do in a general
> > fashion
> >
> > > I know I am no SQL guru, but my gut tells me that the 'in' operator
> > > should be far more efficient than a join.
> > >
> > > Here are the actual queries:
> > >
> > > cdinfo=# explain select trackid from zsong where muzenbr in (select
> > > muzenbr from ztitles where title = 'Mulan') ;
> >
> > try
> >
> > explain
> > select trackid
> > from zsong
> > where muzenbr in (
> > select muzenbr
> > from ztitles
> > where title = 'Mulan'
> > and ztitles.muzenbr=zsong.muzenbr
> > );
> >
> > this should hint the current optimizer to do the right thing;
> >
> > -----------------
> > Hannu

did you have indexes on both ztitles.muzenbr and zsong.muzenbr ?

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Hannu