On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:45:33PM +0000, Horst Herb wrote:

> > select
> >  *
> >  (select count(term) from clin_narrative where doctor=x and soap_cat='s')
> > as rank from codes
> > where ...
> 
> This will perform rather poorly in larger databases and if used frequently in 
> the user interface.
Indeed, count(something) *is* likely to incur a significant cost.

Karsten
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