>>>>> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:00:54 +0300, Jari Fredriksson said: > > > > > INSERT INTO Filename( Name ) > > SELECT a.Name > > FROM ( > > > > SELECT DISTINCT Name > > FROM batch > > ) AS a > > WHERE NOT > > EXISTS ( > > > > SELECT Name > > FROM Filename AS f > > WHERE f.Name = a.Name > > ) > > > > That looks silly. > > I would write it shorter as > > INSERT INTO Filename(Name) > SELECT DISTINCT Name > FROM batch AS a > WHERE NOT EXISTS > ( > SELECT Name > FROM Filename AS f > WHERE f.Name = a.Name > )
Maybe, but perhaps it quicker to remove the duplicates from batch.name before comparing them to the rows in Filename.name? __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
