Re: [HACKERS] Big IN() clauses etc : feature proposal

>> > SELECT * FROM somewhere WHERE id IN (SELECT id FROM result)

> Well, you can either
> SELECT * FROM somewhere JOIN (SELECT id FROM result GROUP BY id) AS
> a USING (id);

It's the same thing (and postgres knows it)

> You might want to use PL to store values, say PLperl, or even C, say:

I tried.
The problem is that you need a set-returning function to retrieve the
values. SRFs don't have rowcount estimates, so the plans suck.

> Should work faster than a in-application solution :)

Should, but don't, because of what I said above...

With the version in CVS tip, supprting a fast =ANY( array ), this should
be doable, though.