ORACLE采用自下而上的顺序解析WHERE子句,根据这个原理,表之间的连接必须写在其他WHERE条件之前, 那些可以过滤掉最大数量记录的条件必须写在WHERE子句的末尾. 例如: (低效) SELECT … FROM EMP E WHERE SAL > 50000 AND JOB = ‘MANAGER’ AND 25 < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE MGR=E.EMPNO); (高效) SELECT … FROM EMP E WHERE 25 (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM EMP WHERE MGR=E.EMPNO) AND SAL > 50000 AND JOB = ‘MANAGER’;