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NOt EXISTS & NOT IN ??? [message #220163] Mon, 19 February 2007 05:06 Go to next message
yogeshse
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Registered: December 2005
Location: Chennai
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Hi,
If I'm not wrong, I know it's better to use NOT EXISTS where it's possible instead of NOT IN clause. Can you give possible reasons supporting this ???

Thx,
Yogesh
Re: NOt EXISTS & NOT IN ??? [message #220180 is a reply to message #220163] Mon, 19 February 2007 06:09 Go to previous message
michael_bialik
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Registered: July 2006
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IMHO both methods are valid.
Sometimes EXISTS performs better, sometimes IN is preferred.
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