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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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Subject: Re: Does this matter?
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Wei,

> Does it affect the INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations on tables or simply
> the SELECT operation or both?

All of the above.  How many rows are we talking about, anyway?  The differe=
nce=20
may be academic.

--=20
-Josh Berkus

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