Re: [GENERAL] Query Approach and performance

2001-08-17 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:29:36AM -0400, Morgan Curley wrote: > Hey everyone, > On average, are multiple simple queries better performance-wise than joins? > i.e. > select A.col1 from table1 A > select B.col2 from table2 B where B.col1 = A.col1 > etc > > vs > > select A.col1, B.col2 from table1

[GENERAL] Query Approach and performance

2001-08-17 Thread Morgan Curley
Hey everyone, On average, are multiple simple queries better performance-wise than joins? i.e. select A.col1 from table1 A select B.col2 from table2 B where B.col1 = A.col1 etc vs select A.col1, B.col2 from table1 A, table2 B where B.col1 = A.col1 Are joins better for small/large numbers of tab