| From: | gearond(at)fireserve(dot)net | 
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| To: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> | 
| Subject: | IN or JOIN | 
| Date: | 2004-09-26 00:20:54 | 
| Message-ID: | 200409260020.i8Q0Kss0007741@phaze.fireserve.net | 
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please CC me as I am on digest
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I have three tables, simplified for, well, simplicity :-)
CREATE TABLE Usrs (
    usr_id serial primary NOT NULL,
    name text NOT NULL,
    login text NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT PK_Usrs PRIMARY KEY (usr_id)
);
CREATE TABLE EmailAddrs (
    email_addr_id SERIAL NOT NULL,
    email_addr VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
    CONSTRAINT PK_EmailAddrs PRIMARY KEY (email_addr_id)
);
CREATE TABLE UsrEmails (
    usr_id INT4 NOT NULL,
    email_addr_id INT4 NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT PK_UsrEmails PRIMARY KEY (usr_id, email_addr_id)
);
ALTER TABLE UsrEmails
    ADD CONSTRAINT EmailAddrs11_0MUsrEmail 
    FOREIGN KEY (email_addr_id) 
    REFERENCES EmailAddrs (email_addr_id);
ALTER TABLE UsrEmails
    ADD CONSTRAINT UsrEmailTypes11_0MUsrEmails
    FOREIGN KEY (usr_email_type_id)
    REFERENCES UsrEmailTypes (usr_email_type_id);
multiple 'Usrs' can have the same name, but different logins.
I want to find the count of usrs that:
	have the name 'some_name'
and
	have the email 'some_email'
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Should I use a JOIN or an IN?
If the 'IN' example below is right, and there is either:
	NO Usr with name='some_name'
	OR
	NO email with email='some_email'
will it return a NULL, or a '0' count?
my thought for an IN:
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SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM UsrEmails
WHERE
    usr_id IN 
        (SELECT usr_id
         FROM Usrs
         WHERE name='some_name'::text)
    AND
    email_addr_id=(SELECT email_addr_id
                   FROM Emails
                   WHERE email='some_email'::text);
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