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Best practice: EXISTS vs COL_NAME in
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Microsoft SQL Server
Category:
SQL syntax
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SQL Server:
SQL Server 2005
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01464472
Message ID:
01464496
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Thank you. I am trying to also understand why the EXISTS needs the expression T1.PK_FLD = T2.PK_FLD in subquery and according to Naomi the WHERE IN does not need it. But your use of 1 should make the subquery run faster.

PS. If this is a duplicate post, I apologize. UT just crashed on me.

>A query should be self explanatory. The performance optimization is secondary and only necessarily id there's performance problem.
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>select Table1.* T1 where exists (select 1 from Table2 T2 where T1.pk_fld = T2.pk_fld and T2.fld2 = '123')
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>>What is a better practice and more efficient when using a derived table in a SQL Select:
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>>select Table1.* T1 where exists (select * from Table2 T2 where T1.pk_fld = T2.pk_fld and T2.fld2 = '123')
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>>vs
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>>select Table1.* T1 where T1.pk_fld in (select pk_fld from Table2 T2 where T1.pk_fld = T2.pk_fld and T2.fld2 = '123')
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>>TIA
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