On 18 July 2012 17:10, Nick Hofstede <nick.hofst...@inventivegroup.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm surprised at the difference in speed/execution plan between two logically 
> equivalent queries, one using IN, the other using EXISTS. (At least I think 
> they are logically equivalent)

They are not logically equivalent.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-subquery.html

See the notes about NULL under IN.

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