Sort of... A large IN statement can behave as a subuery whereby the sql server can (theoretically) be smart enough to reorganize your code to be more optimized.
However, try using EXISTS if at all possible. It's a helluva lot faster than an IN statement. -----Original Message----- From: Scott Weikert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 2:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SOT: Limit to SQL IN statement? I've found that having huge IN lists can reaaaaaaaaally drag the query performance dowwwwwnnnn. I haven't found a hard limit... At 01:04 PM 10/9/2002 -0700, you wrote: >My concern is... what if there are 1000, 5000, or even 10000 records >that need updating? Is there a limit as to how many elements can be in >the list? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
