Question

I need to improve the performance of this query:

Select 
   t1.column1, t1.column2 
From
   table1 t1, table2 t2
Where 
   t1.id = t2.id and
   t1.some_column = t2.some_column
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minus
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Select 
   t1.column1, t1.column2 
From
   table1 t1, table2 t2, table3 t3
Where 
   t1.id = t2.id and
   t1.some_column = t2.some_column and
   t1.id = t3.id

I’m trying to rewrite this query using “not exists” instead of “minus”. Can someone give me an advice?

Answer 1

how about this?

Select 
   t1.column1, t1.column2 
From
   table1 t1, table2 t2
Where 
   t1.id = t2.id
   and t1.some_column = t2.some_column
   and not exists (select 1 from table3 t3 where t1.id = t3.id)