Yes I did. Apparently I can't count. :D On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Won Lee <won...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > mike, > > Please let us know what you find out. I'm very curious of this myself. As > the document clearly states, mysql will use an index when you use a like > but > don't start the string with a wildcard. So we know that > Left(str,5) = 'string' VS WHERE str LIKE 'string%'both will use an index. > The question now becomes the cost of using LEFT vs using the LIKE. > > BTW, I assume you meant where left(str, 6) = 'string'. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336919 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
