----- Original Message -----
From: <juerg.rietmann@pup.ch>
To: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:42 PM
Subject: [SQL] monster query, how to make it smaller
> Hello everybody
>
> I need some help on a monster query. Please see the attached file for the
> query itself. The only difference is Z_durch_soll and the offset, which is
> currently 0.25. The query will run in a loop where I increment this offset
> until I find enough records.
I'm not entirely clear on what you are trying to do, but perhaps something
like
... AND Z_durch_soll in ('286.35', '286.30', '286.25')
instead of all the UNIONs? This is the same as
... AND (Z_durch_sol1='286.35' OR Z_durch_sol1='286.30' ...)
HTH
- Richard Huxton