Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> At 15:18 -0700 8/20/03, Michael S. Fischer wrote:
> >This is trivial to benchmark yourself.  Try:
> >
> >BENCHMARK(100000, SELECT yada, yada FROM test WHERE id IN(1,2,3))
> >
> >And compare to
> >
> >BENCHMARK(100000, SELECT yada,yda FROM test WHERE (id =1 or 
> id = 2 or 
> >id
> >=3))
> >
> >See http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Miscellaneous_functions.html for 
> >documentation on the BENCHMARK command.
> 
> BENCHMARK() is a function, not a command.  The syntax you 
> suggest will not work.  It expects an expression as the 
> second argument, not a SELECT statement.
> 
> That's my understanding, anyway.  If you've been able to make 
> that work, I'd be interested to see how you did it.

I stand corrected.

--Michael


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