Re: max length of sql select statement ?

Depending on ur original problem EXISTS or IN may be usable
EXISTS is efficient and IN can be used efficiently in 7.4 version
of postgresql

regds
mallah.




> Hi All!
>
> I was searching the archive and was wondering why nobody asked this
> strange(!) question (or I've not found it?):
>
> "What is the max allowed length of a sql statement or query?"
> I want to combine hundrets or thousands 'OR' within a select statement.
> Possible or not (e.g: SELECT * FROM table WHERE col='a' OR col='b' OR
> col='c' OR ...... )
>
> This would be a very "dirty" or some would say, a "horrible" solution;
>
> but how are you searching through your table with sql, when your SELECT
> is against a collection of different elements (e.g. Array of Strings,
> which should fit on one column and return all records which fit)
>
> Hope for help
> cheers Markus - sql beginner ;-)
>
>
>
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