Problem with NOT EXISTS
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I thought the smilies would give enough indication that that reply was only ment to be a litle dry humor. After all there was no sql-technical info involved
I'm not the kind of person that would offend anyone in forums like this or by mail.
If I did, please forgive me.
btw I enjoi sqlservercentral way to mutch to start offending or whatever negative kind of stuff.
Johan
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No, this only means that a litle testing is advisable for anyone who wants to build some knowlage of an rdbms. It's not because any solution works "optimal" for me, that it will do so for anyone else.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't I reply on this thread because the replied query was wrong ?
btw the solution to the original post has been given in the first reply (by MikeMcDonald)
Johan
Learn to play, play to learn !Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:- How to post Performance Problems
- How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]- How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt
press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀
Need a bit of Powershell? How about this
Who am I ? Sometimes this is me but most of the time this is me
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I, too, don't think you're that kind of person, but I couldn't get behind the meaning of your post and I haven't had the best day at all yesterday.
No harm taken and no harm meant.
Hey to come back to the topic
http://www.db2mag.com/db_area/archives/1996/q4/9601lar.shtml
The following is a very short excerpt of one of Celko's posts on MS newsgroups
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The use of the NOT EXISTS() predicates is for speed. Most SQL
systems will look up a value in an index rather than scan the whole
table.
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Frank Kalis
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Webmaster: http://www.insidesql.org/blogs
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I hope your day today will be mutch better
Regarding the hyperlink : Believe me, once you seen Sheryl explain the whole stuff, you'll remember. If you ever get that opportunity ....
Johan
Learn to play, play to learn !Dont drive faster than your guardian angel can fly ...
but keeping both feet on the ground wont get you anywhere :w00t:- How to post Performance Problems
- How to post data/code to get the best help[/url]- How to prevent a sore throat after hours of presenting ppt
press F1 for solution, press shift+F1 for urgent solution 😀
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