Re: max length of sql select statement ?

On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 15:51, markus brosch wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-07-09 at 17:45, Rod Taylor wrote:
> > > Nobody a better idea? Why is the join of a temporary table (the IN
> > > paramters) and the original table so slow? Any tricks here?
> >
> > Did you index and ANALYZE the temporary table?
>
> No!
>
> I have to do this "strange" and "long" statement also a view thousand
> times ... so I always have to create the temp table again and again and
> if I index the table it costs me more time.

So.. which costs more. Building the index + fast query or doing the
slow query?

If you have anything more than a thousand lines in the temp table, I bet
indexing it would be the better way to go.

> As far I am relativly new to SQL, I ask you:
> Where's the difference between and indexed temp (!!!) table and an
> unindexed one? The main table is of course fully indexed ;-)

One has an index, which means that other (much faster) methods may be
available for the database to use.