Hey! I don't know what you mean by "from an algorithm point of view" but I would go with the later. BTW, what does this have to do with servlets? I'm trying to learn something about servlets. If one keeps fielding these kind of questions, the really good servlet geniuses on this E-list will get discouraged and not answer servlets questions any more. Please refrain. Sans adieu, Danny Rubis Paul Szynol wrote: > hi, everyone, > from an algorithm point of view, which do people think is quicker -- > scanning the value of 5 fields in a database, or scanning the 5 token long > content of one field? my sense is that it is the latter, but i'd like to > make sure. > > thanks, > paul > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
