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Joining via a tinyint or something will make your large table smaller which
is nice.  Smaller tables = faster tables.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Radhika S <rs88820@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am going to test this out but would be good to know anyways. A large
> table is joined to a tiny table (8 rows) on a text field. Should I be
> joining on an int field eg: recid intead of name? Is the performance
> affected in either case?
> Thanks .
>

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Joining via a tinyint or something will make your large table smaller which=
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quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Radhika S <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rs88820@gmail.com">rs88820@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<b=
r>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><span style=3D"border-collapse:collapse">Hi=
,<br>I am going to test this out but would be good to know anyways. A large=
<br>

table is joined to a tiny table (8 rows) on a text field. Should I be<br>jo=
ining on an int field eg: recid intead of name? Is the performance<br>
affected in either case?<br>Thanks .<br></span>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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