I have been informed that at present (postgres 7.3.2) using IN is not advised, and I should replace it with EXISTS. I can't seem to get it to work.
I've tried replacing (example): SELECT name FROM people WHERE state IN ( SELECT id FROM states WHERE name ~* 'r' ); with SELECT name FROM people WHERE exists ( SELECT 1 FROM states WHERE name ~* 'r' ); However the second example simply finds all records in people. Thanks for any help, Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <www.campbell-lange.net> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match