> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have encountered a performance problem. I use "Oracle8 Enterprise Edition
> Release 8.0.5.0.0 - Production."
> 
> I have two tables. "phonenumber" and "person", each person has none, one or
> many phonenumbers referenced to him.
I'm not sure what you want since your query doesn't correspond to what
you are saying you want. Therefore no sample just a general statement,
use minus.

                     Pat




> 
> The phonenumber-table is structured like:
> phonenumber.personid
> phonenumber.phonenumber
> 
> The person-table is structured like:
> person.personid
> person.name
> person.address
> 
> 
> I wan't to know which persons that does NOT have any phonenumber(s).
> 
> I can write the query as:
> SELECT personid FROM phonenumber WHERE personid NOT IN (
>    SELECT personid FROM person);
>    
> However, since my tables are quite large, it takes forever to run my query.
> In the real database both (or
> atleast one) of "person" or "phonenumber" are views.
> 
> To figure out who _does_ have phonenumbers is SIGNIFICANTLY faster.
> (SELECT DISTINCT person.personid FROM person, phonenumber WHERE
> person.personid=phonenumber.personid)
> 
> I'm wondering how I could restructure or rewrite my query ("who doesn't have
> any phoinenumbers?") to run faster, 
> or if there is anything else I can do to optimize the query?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
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