Dear Hayan, > Which of the following SQL queries is faster and better > "select thefield from thetable group by thetable" > Or > "select distinct thefield from thetable"? > and WHY?
=if you use the MySQL command line to issue a query, a summary report follows any output giving number of rows affected and the time taken. =which of the two is quicker? =dn --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
