Query running, and never ends, need guidance

Question

I am trying to track down 64 Id's that are not in one table and cannot seem to get the query right. I am in need of some guidance if anyone can help
I have joined two tables in one query:
SELECT line_item.ID
  FROM sforce_opportunitylineitem line_item, sforce_opportunity opp
WHERE line_item.opportunityid = opp.ID
   AND line_item.part_outcome__c = 'Won'
   AND opp.TYPE <> 'Production'and that gives me 61957 ID's
Now that ID is a field on another table called oli_id__c
SELECT oli_id__c
FROM sforce_design_winwhich gives me 61893
A difference of 64 records and the Id that I am trying to find for reporting
I tried to combine the two using NOT IN and the query just runs and runs and runs and never finishes.
Any help would be appreciated
here is the full query:
SELECT line_item.ID
  FROM sforce_opportunitylineitem line_item, sforce_opportunity opp
WHERE line_item.ID NOT IN (SELECT oli_id__c
                              FROM sforce_design_win)
   AND line_item.opportunityid = opp.ID
   AND line_item.part_outcome__c = 'Won'
   AND opp.TYPE <> 'Production'can someone help me out
TIA,
Mike

Answer 1

There is a fancy word for this something like a large result set for your second predicate or something, but I would try a not exists or a minus since the result sets from both the queries are larger:
SELECT line_item.ID
  FROM sforce_opportunitylineitem line_item, sforce_opportunity opp
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
                              FROM sforce_design_win b
                              where b.oli_id__c = line_item.line_item.ID )
   AND line_item.opportunityid = opp.ID
   AND line_item.part_outcome__c = 'Won'
   AND opp.TYPE <> 'Production';or
SELECT line_item.ID
  FROM sforce_opportunitylineitem line_item, sforce_opportunity opp
WHERE line_item.opportunityid = opp.ID
   AND line_item.part_outcome__c = 'Won'
   AND opp.TYPE <> 'Production'
minus
SELECT oli_id__c
FROM sforce_design_winHere's a conversation from Tom Kyte talking about the use of exists vs. in:
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:506495961445515::::P11_QUESTION_ID:953229842074
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0::::P11_QUESTION_ID:442029737684
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