QUERY: SELECT 1 AS one WHERE 1 IN (SELECT 1); one --- 1 (1 row) QUERY: SELECT 1 AS zero WHERE 1 NOT IN (SELECT 1); zero ---- (0 rows) QUERY: SELECT 1 AS zero WHERE 1 IN (SELECT 2); zero ---- (0 rows) QUERY: CREATE TABLE SUBSELECT_TBL ( f1 integer, f2 integer, f3 float ); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (1, 2, 3); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (2, 3, 4); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (3, 4, 5); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (1, 1, 1); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (2, 2, 2); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (3, 3, 3); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (6, 7, 8); QUERY: INSERT INTO SUBSELECT_TBL VALUES (8, 9, NULL); QUERY: SELECT '' AS eight, * FROM SUBSELECT_TBL; eight|f1|f2|f3 -----+--+--+-- | 1| 2| 3 | 2| 3| 4 | 3| 4| 5 | 1| 1| 1 | 2| 2| 2 | 3| 3| 3 | 6| 7| 8 | 8| 9| (8 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS two, f1 AS "Constant Select" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f1 IN (SELECT 1); two|Constant Select ---+--------------- | 1 | 1 (2 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS six, f1 AS "Uncorrelated Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f1 IN (SELECT f2 FROM SUBSELECT_TBL); six|Uncorrelated Field ---+------------------ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 (6 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS six, f1 AS "Uncorrelated Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f1 IN (SELECT f2 FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f2 IN (SELECT f1 FROM SUBSELECT_TBL)); six|Uncorrelated Field ---+------------------ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 (6 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS six, f1 AS "Correlated Field", f3 AS "Second Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f1 IN (SELECT f2 FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f2 = f1); six|Correlated Field|Second Field ---+----------------+------------ | 1| 3 | 2| 4 | 3| 5 | 1| 1 | 2| 2 | 3| 3 (6 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS six, f1 AS "Correlated Field", f3 AS "Second Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f1 IN (SELECT f2 FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE CAST(f2 AS float) = f3); six|Correlated Field|Second Field ---+----------------+------------ | 1| 3 | 2| 4 | 3| 5 | 1| 1 | 2| 2 | 3| 3 (6 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS six, f1 AS "Correlated Field", f3 AS "Second Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f1 IN (SELECT f2 FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f2 = CAST(f3 AS integer)); ERROR: dtoi4: unable to convert null QUERY: SELECT '' AS five, f1 AS "Correlated Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE (f1, f2) IN (SELECT f2, CAST(f3 AS int4) FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f3 IS NOT NULL); five|Correlated Field ----+---------------- | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 (5 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS three, f1 AS "Correlated Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE (f1, f2) NOT IN (SELECT f2, CAST(f3 AS int4) FROM SUBSELECT_TBL WHERE f3 IS NOT NULL); three|Correlated Field -----+---------------- | 1 | 6 | 8 (3 rows) QUERY: SELECT '' AS eight, ss.f1 AS "Correlated Field", ss.f3 AS "Second Field" FROM SUBSELECT_TBL ss WHERE f1 NOT IN (SELECT f1 FROM INT4_TBL WHERE f1 != ss.f1); eight|Correlated Field|Second Field -----+----------------+------------ | 1| 3 | 2| 4 | 3| 5 | 1| 1 | 2| 2 | 3| 3 | 6| 8 | 8| (8 rows)