Re: IN or OR? whats the diff?

2006-07-31 Thread Visolve DB Team
. This means IN is very quick if the IN value list consists entirely of constants. Thanks, VisolveDB Team - Original Message - From: "Ratheesh K J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 10:22 AM Subject: IN or OR? whats the diff? Hello all, Just w

Re: IN or OR? whats the diff?

2006-07-31 Thread Michael Stassen
Ratheesh K J wrote: Hello all, Just wanted to know if using IN in the where clause is better than OR in terms of performance. that is : Are these both same in terms of performance SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE ( COLUMN = 1 OR COLUMN = 2 ); SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE COLUMN IN ( 1, 2 );

IN or OR? whats the diff?

2006-07-31 Thread Ratheesh K J
Hello all, Just wanted to know if using IN in the where clause is better than OR in terms of performance. that is : Are these both same in terms of performance SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE ( COLUMN = 1 OR COLUMN = 2 ); SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE COLUMN IN ( 1, 2 ); thanks, Ratheesh Bha