Re: A MySQL Question

Robert Cummings wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 19:46 -0600, Micah Gersten wrote: > >> Robert Cummings wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 00:16 +0000, Nathan Rixham wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Ashley Sheridan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 23:23 +0000, ceo@l-i-e.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Presumable, the EXISTS sub-query can be optimized sometimes to just stop >>>>>> processing the sub-query and kick things back out to the outer query. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> IN has to process them all and find them all. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Don't forget the special case use as well: >>>>> >>>>> IF NOT EXISTS universe THEN bigbang() >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ash >>>>> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> any chance of writing the implementation of that bigbang() function? >>>> >>>> >>> If nothing exists and a universe is created via a big bang... does it >>> make a sound? Can we realistically call it a big bang if it doesn't make >>> a sound? Couldn't we call it the big light show? But then again... if >>> nothing exists and a universe is created via a big light show... does it >>> matter? Can it be perceived? Is this just a proverbial pandrödinger's >>> box? You can't implement the bigbang() function if you don't exist. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Rob. >>> >>> >> The function doesn't say who's doing the creating, it just checks for >> the existence of the universe. >> > > How do you know? Are you... God? > > ;) > > Cheers, > Rob. > Sorry, term foul-up. I meant the statement doesn't say who's doing the creating, it just checks for existence of the universe. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com