Is there a better way to write this:

SELECT a.oid_fld FROM for_payment a
WHERE a.serial_fld <> 2
AND EXISTS
(SELECT b.char_fld FROM for_payment b
WHERE b.serial_fld = 2
AND b.char_fld = a.char_fld)

Table for_payment
+-------------+------------+-----------+
 | serial_fld   |  char_fld  |  oid_fld   | 
+-------------+------------+-----------+
 | 1               |  test1       |  456701  | 
 | 2               |  test1       |  456702  | 
 | 3               |  test1       |  456703  | 
 | 4               |  test2       |  456704  | 
 | 5               |  test3       |  456705  | 
+-------------+------------+-----------+

sample problem:
Assuming that I pick 2 in serial_fld.
How do I get the oid_fld of the rows with char_fld equal
to the char_fld of 2?
I should get these:

+-----------+
 |  oid_fld   | 
+-----------+
 |  456701  | 
 |  456702  | 
+-----------+

Thanks.



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