From: silly sad <sad@bankir.ru>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Odd query behavior
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:27:17 +0300
Message-ID: <4B9E1995.2060008@bankir.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BA48DC793F18724D862C27C8F2C131CC62094F@exchange03.cryptocard.internal>
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On 03/12/10 18:41, Dan McFadyen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've come across an odd situation. I've had access to a database where a
> the following happens:
>
> " SELECT * FROM table WHERE name LIKE 'abc%' " returns 2 rows...
>
> but...
>
> " SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IN (SELECT name FROM table WHERE name
> LIKE 'abc%') " returns 0 rows...
I am sorry if it was already spoken.
SELECT name FROM table WHERE name LIKE 'abc%'
EXPLAIN SELECT name FROM table WHERE name LIKE 'abc%'
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM table WHERE name IN
(SELECT name FROM table WHERE name LIKE 'abc%')
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