> It seems worst to me because in your case mysql has to retrieve all the > rows. If it's a table with 1 million records or more, this should hurt ;)
As I said, it was pseudo code. Now, imagine that you were just getting the records for a particular user? a particular application? Where there won't be millions and millions of rows? Chris --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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