function DB_get_unused_randomnumbers($userstr)
{
/* optimized version of this query using temporary tables (perhaps we should use a procedure here?).
- First we create a copy of the Game table using just the gameid and the cards.
- Then in a second round we delete all the gameids of games where our players are in.
+ First we create a copy of the Game table using just the cards.
+ Then in a second round we delete all the randomnumbers of games where our players are in.
At the end we return only the first entry in the temporary table.
*/
DB_query("DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS gametmp;");
- DB_query("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE gametmp SELECT id,randomnumbers FROM Game;");
- DB_query("DELETE FROM gametmp WHERE id IN (SELECT distinct game_id FROM Hand LEFT JOIN Game ON Game.id=game_id WHERE user_id IN (".$userstr."));");
+ DB_query("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE gametmp SELECT DISTINCT randomnumbers FROM Game;");
+ DB_query("DELETE FROM gametmp WHERE randomnumbers IN (SELECT DISTINCT randomnumbers FROM Game WHERE id IN (SELECT DISTINCT game_id FROM Hand WHERE user_id IN (".$userstr.")));");
$r = DB_query_array("SELECT randomnumbers FROM gametmp LIMIT 1;");
DB_query("DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS gametmp;");