Re: Can I do this with one query

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Old 08-27-2008, 10:00 AM
Default Re: Can I do this with one query

Cute! I wonder what the performance is like. I was surprised a few
years ago when I found that MINUS, the Oracle version of EXCEPT, was
really fast for doing relational divisions.
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Old 08-28-2008, 01:13 AM
Default Re: Can I do this with one query

--CELKO-- wrote:
> Cute! I wonder what the performance is like. I was surprised a few
> years ago when I found that MINUS, the Oracle version of EXCEPT, was
> really fast for doing relational divisions.


Would be interesting - maybe I'll get some time to test this out.
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Old 08-28-2008, 10:18 AM
Default Re: Can I do this with one query

On Aug 27, 6:00*am, --CELKO-- wrote:
> Cute! I wonder what the performance is like. *I was surprised a few
> years ago when I found that MINUS, the Oracle version of EXCEPT, was
> really fast for doing relational divisions.


In general, I have found EXCEPT on SQL Server to be about on par with
UNION (which makes sense to me). I use EXCEPT a lot for investigating
data, where it is enormously useful.
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