Will, I believe that MaxRows will still have the Sql Server deliver more rows, but will cut off the connection at a certain point. I am sure it will be more efficient to let the SQL server handle the execution by using LIMIT.
-Ben On 3/10/08, Will Swain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a performance advantage using LIMIT 3 rather than the maxrows > attribute of cfquery? > > Will > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Nadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 March 2008 16:45 > To: CF-Newbie > Subject: Re: Querying more then one Record from db > > Frank, > > If you are MSSQL server, you can use TOP 3: > > SELECT TOP 3 > id, name > FROM > your_table > ORDER BY > date_created DESC > > Or, in mySQL, you can use LIMIT 3 > > SELECT > id, name > FROM > your_table > ORDER BY > date_created DESC > LIMIT 3 > > Cheers, > Ben > > > On 3/10/08, Frank Velazquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, what's up? I was wondering how could I select the last 3 > > records (or more) that have been inserted into my Database, should I > > use recordcount? > > > > I need that because on my site, in the home page I want to display > > recently added stuff. > > > > Thank you! > > > > Frank V. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:3404 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
