On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 03:58:51PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I have tried to do this before and always found a way, usually > > > DELETE FROM a WHERE a.b_id IN (SELECT id FROM b WHERE second_id = ?) > > > but I have too many rows, millions, in the IN crowd, ha ha, and it > > barfs. > > Define "barfs". That seems like the standard way to do it, and it > should work.
In this case, the first database I tried was Oracle, and it complained of too much transactional data; I forget the exact wording now. It worked on some cases, but others with "too much" data died with the complaint after thinking about it for a minute or so. Since the test data will only grow in size, I was hoping for some other way. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql