Στις Thursday 13 January 2011 14:13:21 ο/η Achilleas Mantzios έγραψε: > SELECT distinct m.id,coalesce(m.givenname,''),coalesce(m.midname,''),m.surname from marinerstates ms,vessels vsl,mariner m > where m.id=ms.marinerid and ms.vslid=vsl.id and ms.state='Active' and coalesce(ms.endtime,now())::date >= '2006-07-15' and > ms.starttime::date <= '2007-01-11' and m.marinertype='Mariner' and m.id not in > (SELECT distinct mold.id from marinerstates msold,vessels vslold,mariner mold where mold.id=msold.marinerid and msold.vslid=vslold.id > and msold.state='Active' and coalesce(msold.endtime,now())::date >= '2006-07-15' and msold.starttime::date <= '2007-01-11' and exists > (select 1 from marinerstates msold2 where msold2.marinerid=msold.marinerid and msold2.state='Active' and msold2.id <> msold.id and > msold2.starttime<msold.starttime AND (msold.starttime-msold2.endtime)<='18 months') and mold.marinertype='Mariner' ) > order by m.surname,coalesce(m.givenname,''),coalesce(m.midname,'') Rewriting the query with NOT EXISTS (a practice quite common pre 8.3, IIRC) as: SELECT distinct m.id,coalesce(m.givenname,''),coalesce(m.midname,''),m.surname from marinerstates ms,vessels vsl,mariner m where m.id=ms.marinerid and ms.vslid=vsl.id and ms.state='Active' and coalesce(ms.endtime,now())::date >= '2006-07-15' and ms.starttime::date <= '2007-01-11' and m.marinertype='Mariner' and NOT EXISTS (SELECT distinct mold.id from marinerstates msold,vessels vslold,mariner mold where mold.id=msold.marinerid and msold.vslid=vslold.id and msold.state='Active' and coalesce(msold.endtime,now())::date >= '2006-07-15' and msold.starttime::date <= '2007-01-11' and exists (select 1 from marinerstates msold2 where msold2.marinerid=msold.marinerid and msold2.state='Active' and msold2.id <> msold.id and msold2.starttime<msold.starttime AND (msold.starttime-msold2.endtime)<='18 months') and mold.marinertype='Mariner' AND mold.id=m.id) order by m.surname,coalesce(m.givenname,''),coalesce(m.midname,''); Is fast. -- Achilleas Mantzios -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin