So I have this SQL query,

```
<named-query name="NQ::job_exists">
<query>
select 0 from dual where exists (select * from job_queue);
</query>
</named-query>

```

Which I plan to use like this:

```
Query q = em.createNamedQuery("NQ::job_exists");
        List<Integer> results = q.getResultList();
        boolean exists = !results.isEmpty();
        return exists;

```

I am not very strong in SQL/JPA however, and was wondering whether there is a better way of doing it (or ways to improve it). Should I for example, write (select jq.id from job\_queue jq) instead of using a star??

EDIT:This call is very performance critical in our app.

EDIT:Did some performance testing, and while the differences were almost negligible, I finally decided to go with:

```
select distinct null
    from dual 
       where exists (
               select null from job_queue
       );

```