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40 questions linked to/from INNER JOIN vs LEFT JOIN performance in SQL Server
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Is there any performance difference between using inner join vs left join? [duplicate]
I was just writing a query when I thought of this. My query will yield exactly the same result using either inner join or left join, since I'm joining tables on a foreign key relationship, selecting ...
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Does Foreign Key improve query performance?
Suppose I have 2 tables, Products and ProductCategories. Both tables have relationship on CategoryId. And this is the query. SELECT p.ProductId, p.Name, c.CategoryId, c.Name AS Category FROM Products ...
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Should I avoid multi-table (concrete) inheritance in Django by any means?
Many experienced developers recommend against using Django multi-table inheritance because of its poor performance: Django gotcha: concrete inheritance by Jacob Kaplan-Moss, a core contributor of ...
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Query Performance INNER JOIN ON AND comparison
I would like to know which one is best regarding performance between the 2 queries stated below or do they perform identically? First one: [without WHERE clause, just AND with ON] SELECT ...
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LEFT JOIN Significantly faster than INNER JOIN
I have a table (MainTable) with a bit over 600,000 records. It joins onto itself via a 2nd table (JoinTable) in a parent/child type relationship: SELECT Child.ID, Parent.ID FROM MainTable AS ...
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inner join vs left join - which is faster for the same result?
If both inner join and left join can achieve the same result, which one is faster and has better performance (especially on large data)? inner join: SELECT * FROM Table_A A INNER JOIN Table_B B ON A....
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postgresql JOIN with multiple conditions
I have two postgres tables: worker_details_verification (verification_id BIGSERIAL, worker_id BIGINT, state TEXT, proofs TEXT[]) worker_details(worker_id BIGINT, name TEXT) Now I want to get `...
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Performance difference between left join and inner join
Is there any difference between left join and inner join regarding performance? I use SQL Server 2012.
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MySQL Inner Join VS Left Join w/ IS NOT NULL?
Is there a performance difference in the following? SELECT person.id FROM person LEFT JOIN address ON person.id = address.personID WHERE address.personID IS NOT NULL vs SELECT person.id FROM person ...
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Mysql - LEFT JOIN way faster than INNER JOIN
I have two tables Table X: millions or records |-----|-----|-----|-----| | a | b | c | d | |-----|-----|-----|-----| Table Y: only a few records |-----|-----| | e | f | |-----|-----| X....
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Outer JOIN vs Inner JOIN
I have always thought that Inner Join performs better than Outer JOIN, but I've experienced several cases now where this simply isn't true... The other day I was creating a query with a series of ...
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Difference of "FROM a LEFT JOIN b" vs. "FROM a, b"
Do the queries do the same? What is the standard? Will I lose performance if I change one of these ways of write the query? Query 1 SELECT a.*, b.id AS b_id FROM table_a AS a LEFT JOIN ...
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Improving performance of adding a column with a single value
By experimentation and surprisingly, I have found out that LEFT JOINING a point-table is much faster on large tables then a simple assigning of a single value to a column. By a point-table I mean a ...
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Issue in query with inner join and concat() operation in mysql
I have two tables: sk_accounts //details of user acnt_user_id acnt_fname //first name acnt_lname acnt_profile_picture acnt_member_class so on........ sk_following //table containing ...
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Fetching records from the MySQL database from 10 tables
I have a database with 20 tables inside it. I want to fetch records from 10 related tables at a time, and I am using Hibernate. What is the best solution: to write a single query using join with ...