The query below is slow because both the lots table and the deficiency_table table have thousands of records. Can anyone tell me how to do the second subselect (lot_count) by some method of a join instead of a sub - subselect OR any other method I can use to optimize this query to make it faster?
The objective of the query is: Tell me for each project, the total number of deficiencies in the project, and the total number of lots with 1 or more deficiencies in the project. SELECT project_id, marketing_name, (SELECT count(lots.lot_id) AS lot_count FROM deficiency_table AS dt, lots WHERE dt.lot_id = lots.lot_id AND lots.division_id = proj.division_id AND lots.project_id = proj.project_id ) AS def_count, (SELECT count(lots.lot_id) AS lot_counter FROM lots WHERE lots.division_id = proj.division_id AND lots.project_id = proj.project_id AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM deficiency_table AS dt WHERE dt.lot_id = lots.lot_id) ) AS lot_count FROM projects AS proj WHERE proj.division_id = '#variables.local_division_id#' AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM menu_group_projects WHERE menu_code = 'WA' AND division_id = proj.division_id AND project_id = proj.project_id AND status = 'I') ORDER BY proj.project_id Thanks in advance Terry Fielder Network Engineer Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly