Has anyone seen a benchmark on the speed difference between: SELECT * FROM item WHERE id=123; and SELECT * FROM vendor WHERE id=515;
versus: SELECT * FROM item LEFT JOIN vendor ON item.vendor_id=vendor.id WHERE item.id=123; I only have a laptop here so I can't really benchmark properly. I'm hoping maybe someone else has, or just knows which would be faster under high traffic/quantity. Thanks! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
