Home Forums Article Discussions Article Discussions by Author Discuss content posted by Brian Ellul Sub query expressions vs. Joins. RE: Sub query expressions vs. Joins.

  • July 25, 2010 at 1:08 pm

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    hrc_public (7/25/2010)

    .. glad I always try to avoid the use of subqueries in my applications.

    Ummmm.... why? We just proved that the article is incorrect and that certain correctly formed subqueries can actually be faster than a classic inner join. Read the rest of the discussion above.

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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