Using IN and NOT IN
Introduction The IN clause is usually used in two main cases: Literal Values : When you already know the exact values to filter and the number of elements is small (from a few elements to a few dozen elements). Note that when parsing, Postgres will treat each item in Literal Values as a single node to execute the Parse Tree, so if the number of items is too large, it will consume a lot of RAM and CPU to process By the time planning is executed, the Query Planner will have to traverse this Tree to process, so you should be careful not to query with too many Literal Values as it will significantly affect performance It can be rewritten with EXISTS but it will make the query more complex, so if using Literal Values , it is best to use IN to keep the query simple and easy to understand An example of usage is filtering out orders with statuses like processing or completed . Dynamic List : When the filter list depends on the data of another table. In most cases, it can be replaced by usin...