Re: problems doing sub-selects on PostgreSQL 7.1.3 and

From: bpalmer <bpalmer(at)crimelabs(dot)net>
To: Heather Johnson <hjohnson(at)nypost(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: problems doing sub-selects on PostgreSQL 7.1.3 and
Date: 2001-12-10 22:34:00
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> SELECT count(*) FROM users WHERE id NOT IN ( SELECT users_id FROM users_demographics );

I'm not sure about the difference in speed, but try the following for a
much faster query:

SELECT count(id)
FROM users

EXCEPT

SELECT users_id
FROM users_demographics

Should be a great deal faster.

- Brandon

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