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Hrm, SQL query help.	by abaron	2007-05-09 13:38:44
One quick shot at it.	by CynicalRyan	2007-05-09 13:44:15
actually...	by ricochetv1	2007-05-09 13:50:35
NOT IN () is BAD!!!!!!	by merlin	2007-05-09 13:51:40
I guess...	by ricochetv1	2007-05-09 13:57:45
Yes, true, but in general outer joins outperform	by merlin	2007-05-09 13:59:37
IN() is quite useful in some circustances though,	by Scirocco	2007-05-09 14:04:27
such as replacing: `SELECT * FROM table WHERE id = 1 OR id = 2 OR id = 3;` with: `SELECT * FROM table WHERE id IN (1, 2, 3);` But using it over two tables like in the OP seems like a bad idea, it is, however, better then a few ORs and a bit nicer then doing UNIONs. :) (just pointing it out here, not as much as a reply to merlin but rather just to toss it out into a SQL thread where people want to learn :D)
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Excellent point. Let me rephrase:	by merlin	2007-05-09 14:06:31
It's actually a case of mis-optimitization.	by staticsan	2007-05-09 16:09:11

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