Re: problems doing sub-selects on PostgreSQL 7.1.3 and
bpalmer <bpalmer@crimelabs.net>
From: bpalmer <bpalmer@crimelabs.net>
To: Heather Johnson <hjohnson@nypost.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-12-10T22:34:00Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- c: 646-456-5455 h: 201-798-4983 b. palmer, bpalmer@crimelabs.net pgp:crimelabs.net/bpalmer.pgp5