Paul McNett wrote: > Steve Ellenoff wrote: >> What kind of performance penalty is there compared to integers when >> doing joins? > > I'm not sure if there's any penalty or benefit, or what that penalty/benefit > would > be. I've never had the need to profile my join performance.
I'm not sure if the performance penalty would be anything but negligible. It would create a larger index file since each key is 40 characters (...is that right? 40?) instead of a 4-byte field like integers. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
