Hi, I know it's probably a trivial question but after looking at the following trace - is there a way to make sql 'in' behave like sql 'between', make *algebra.semijoin behave like **algebra.uselect*? Thanks for you help. Dariusz. :0[0]:W Strace select f25,count(*) from trw100 where f25 in ('F','M') group by f25; :13172[0]:R [ 0 usec mdb.setTimer(true); ] [ 15000 usec _3 := sql.bind("sys","trw100","f25",0); ] [ 16000 usec _8 := sql.bind("sys","trw100","f25",1); ] [ 16000 usec _10 := algebra.kunion(<tmp_5213>:bat[:oid,:str][96240405],<tmp_20266>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 0 usec _3 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _8 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _11 := sql.bind("sys","trw100","f25",2); ] [ 15000 usec _13 := algebra.kdifference(<tmp_20616>[96240405],<tmp_61>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 0 usec _10 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _14 := algebra.kunion(<tmp_20617>[96240405],<tmp_61>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 16000 usec _13 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _11 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _15 := sql.bind_dbat("sys","trw100",1); ] [ 16000 usec _16 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20253>:bat[:oid,:oid][0]); ] [ 16000 usec _15 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _17 := algebra.kdifference(<tmp_20616>[96240405],<~tmp_20253>[0]); ] [ 15000 usec _16 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _18 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20617>[96240405]); ] [ 0 usec _17 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _19 := bat.new(nil,nil); ] [ 16000 usec bat.append(<tmp_20506>:bat[:oid,:str][1],"F",true); ] [ 0 usec bat.append(<tmp_20506>:bat[:oid,:str][2],"M",true); ] [ 16000 usec _25 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20506>:bat[:oid,:str][2]); ] [ 15000 usec _19 := nil; ] [ 10782000 usec _26 := *algebra.semijoin(<~tmp_20617>[96240405],<~tmp_20506>[2]); *] [ 15000 usec _18 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _25 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _27 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20620>[93838869]); ] [ 0 usec _26 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _29 := algebra.markT(<~tmp_20620>[93838869],0@0); ] [ 16000 usec _27 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _30 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20617>[93838869]); ] [ 15000 usec _29 := nil; ] [ 453000 usec _31 := algebra.join(<~tmp_20617>[93838869],<tmp_20616>[96240405]); ] [ 63000 usec _30 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _14 := nil; ] [ 953000 usec (ext37,grp35) := group.new(<tmp_20621>[93838869]); ] [ 16000 usec _34 := bat.mirror(<tmp_20542>[2]); ] [ 15000 usec ext37 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _35 := algebra.join(<tmp_20620>[2],<tmp_20621>[93838869]); ] [ 47000 usec _31 := nil; ] [ 344000 usec _36 := aggr.count(<tmp_20616>[93838869],<tmp_20616>[93838869],<tmp_20620>[2]); ] [ 31000 usec grp35 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _34 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _37 := sql.resultSet(2,1,<tmp_20544>[2]); ] [ 0 usec sql.rsColumn(0,"sys.trw100","f25","varchar",1,0,<tmp_20544>[2]); ] [ 16000 usec _35 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec sql.rsColumn(0,"sys.trw100","count_f25","wrd",64,0,<tmp_20545>:bat[:oid,:wrd][2]); ] [ 15000 usec _36 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _45 := io.stdout(); ] &1 0 2 2 2 % sys.trw100, sys.trw100 # table_name % f25, count_f25 # name % varchar, wrd # type % 1, 8 # length [ "F", 29577383 ] [ "M", 64261486 ] [ 16000 usec sql.exportResult(137554336,0,""); ] [ 13172000 usec user.s0_2("F","M"); ] :13203[0]:R :39062[0]:W Strace select f25,count(*) from trw100 where f25 between 'F' and 'M' group by f25; :43156[0]:R [ 0 usec mdb.setTimer(true); ] [ 16000 usec _3 := sql.bind("sys","trw100","f25",0); ] [ 1750000 usec _8 := *algebra.uselect(<tmp_5213>:bat[:oid,:str][96240405],"F","M",true,true);* ] [ 15000 usec _10 := sql.bind("sys","trw100","f25",1); ] [ 0 usec _12 := algebra.uselect(<tmp_20266>:bat[:oid,:str][0],"F","M",true,true); ] [ 16000 usec _13 := algebra.kunion(<tmp_20620>[93838869],<tmp_20621>[0]); ] [ 16000 usec _8 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _12 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _14 := sql.bind("sys","trw100","f25",2); ] [ 16000 usec _16 := algebra.kdifference(<tmp_20616>[93838869],<tmp_61>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 16000 usec _13 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _17 := algebra.uselect(<tmp_61>:bat[:oid,:str][0],"F","M",true,true); ] [ 15000 usec _18 := algebra.kunion(<tmp_20621>[93838869],<tmp_20617>[0]); ] [ 16000 usec _16 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _17 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _19 := sql.bind_dbat("sys","trw100",1); ] [ 16000 usec _20 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20253>:bat[:oid,:oid][0]); ] [ 16000 usec _19 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _21 := algebra.kdifference(<tmp_20616>[93838869],<~tmp_20253>[0]); ] [ 15000 usec _18 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _20 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _23 := algebra.markT(<tmp_20617>[93838869],0@0); ] [ 0 usec _21 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _24 := bat.reverse(<tmp_20616>[93838869]); ] [ 16000 usec _23 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _25 := algebra.kunion(<tmp_5213>:bat[:oid,:str][96240405],<tmp_20266>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 15000 usec _3 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _10 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _26 := algebra.kdifference(<tmp_20617>[96240405],<tmp_61>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 0 usec _25 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _27 := algebra.kunion(<tmp_20621>[96240405],<tmp_61>:bat[:oid,:str][0]); ] [ 16000 usec _26 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _14 := nil; ] [ 453000 usec _28 := algebra.join(<~tmp_20616>[93838869],<tmp_20617>[96240405]); ] [ 31000 usec _24 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _27 := nil; ] [ 922000 usec (ext34,grp32) := group.new(<tmp_20621>[93838869]); ] [ 15000 usec _31 := bat.mirror(<tmp_20542>[2]); ] [ 16000 usec ext34 := nil; ] [ 0 usec _32 := algebra.join(<tmp_20620>[2],<tmp_20621>[93838869]); ] [ 47000 usec _28 := nil; ] [ 344000 usec _33 := aggr.count(<tmp_20617>[93838869],<tmp_20617>[93838869],<tmp_20620>[2]); ] [ 31000 usec grp32 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _31 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec _34 := sql.resultSet(2,1,<tmp_20544>[2]); ] [ 16000 usec sql.rsColumn(1,"sys.trw100","f25","varchar",1,0,<tmp_20544>[2]); ] [ 0 usec _32 := nil; ] [ 15000 usec sql.rsColumn(1,"sys.trw100","count_f25","wrd",64,0,<tmp_20545>:bat[:oid,:wrd][2]); ] [ 16000 usec _33 := nil; ] [ 16000 usec _42 := io.stdout(); ] &1 1 2 2 2 % sys.trw100, sys.trw100 # table_name % f25, count_f25 # name % varchar, wrd # type % 1, 8 # length [ "F", 29577383 ] [ "M", 64261486 ] [ 15000 usec sql.exportResult(137554336,1,""); ] [ 4094000 usec user.s1_2("F","M"); ] :43187[0]:R :253953[0]:W Connection closed