Re: Matching a large number of user chosen - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Rob
Subject Re: Matching a large number of user chosen
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In response to Matching a large number of user chosen  (John Taylor <postgres@jtresponse.co.uk>)
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Hi John,

>
> I have an application where a user can choose a large number of distinct products to process.
>
> The SQL that I currently use looks something like this:
>
> select * from products where date='01012000' AND ( id='123' OR id='456' OR id='789' );
>
> There can be maybe hundreds of different unconnected id's chosen.
>
> Is there a more elegant/efficient way to do this than a large number of ORs ?

You could try

AND id in ('123','456','789');



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Rob

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