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PostgreSQL - IN vs ANY

I have tried both:

  1. smthng = ANY (select id from exmplTable)

  2. smthng IN (select id from exmplTable)

and I am getting the same results for my data.

Is there any difference for the two expressions?

Solution

  • No, in these variants are same:

    You can see - the execution plans are same too:

    postgres=# explain select * from foo1 where id in (select id from foo2);
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                            QUERY PLAN                            │
╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
│ Hash Semi Join  (cost=3.25..21.99 rows=100 width=4)              │
│   Hash Cond: (foo1.id = foo2.id)                                 │
│   ->  Seq Scan on foo1  (cost=0.00..15.00 rows=1000 width=4)     │
│   ->  Hash  (cost=2.00..2.00 rows=100 width=4)                   │
│         ->  Seq Scan on foo2  (cost=0.00..2.00 rows=100 width=4) │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
(5 rows)

postgres=# explain select * from foo1 where id = any (select id from foo2);
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                            QUERY PLAN                            │
╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
│ Hash Semi Join  (cost=3.25..21.99 rows=100 width=4)              │
│   Hash Cond: (foo1.id = foo2.id)                                 │
│   ->  Seq Scan on foo1  (cost=0.00..15.00 rows=1000 width=4)     │
│   ->  Hash  (cost=2.00..2.00 rows=100 width=4)                   │
│         ->  Seq Scan on foo2  (cost=0.00..2.00 rows=100 width=4) │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
(5 rows)