Hi,
How 'bout "not like"
these querries will always use a full tablescan though.
Quicker ways? maybe the oracle context search or something like that
anyway, but I've never used it.
Jack
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Greetings!
I don't see a lot of general sql questions on this list, so if this is the
wrong place to post this sort of thing, just let me know! This will
hopefully seem like a simple question, but I am a relative novice in sql
programming!
Here is the (simplified) scenario with three tables:
biblio table
id integer
isbn varchar2
title varchar2
subject table (0 or many per id)
id integer (fk biblio.id)
subject varchar2
keyword table (0 or many per id)
id integer (fk biblio.id)
keyword varchar2
I wish to find all the id's that contain a given word in any of the varchar
fields. My approach has been something like:
select id from biblio
where title like '%word%'
union
select id from subject
where subject like '%word%'
union
select id from keyword
where keyword like '%word%'
First question: do you think this is a good way to do it? Is there a
better way?
Second question, how do I do a negative search, that is, find all the id's
that DO NOT contain a given word in any of the varchar fields. Using an
approach similar to the previous sql (using intersect instead of union)
does
not work, since there may be biblio records that do not have corresponding
subject or keyword records.
Perhaps there is not a simple query that will do the trick and I should be
using a stored procedure?
Thanks in advance for any advice!!!!
Bill
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