At 04:21 AM 2/5/2002 , you wrote:
>Dear all,
>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?
>
>Best Regards
>Hayan
Hayan,
I believe the "Select Distinct.." gets translated into a "Group
By" so they should both be identical.
Brent
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