taken from the manual 3.6.2 The Row Holding the Maximum of a Certain Column which of the two queries will in general be faster:
1) SELECT article, dealer, price FROM shop WHERE price=(SELECT MAX(price) FROM shop); 2) SELECT article, dealer, price FROM shop ORDER BY price DESC LIMIT 1; or does it all depend on a given situation ? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
