Re: SQL statement performance question

My experience with SQL is that its completely unpredictable.  The only way
to be 100% sure which query is faster on your iSeries configuration
retrieving from that particular table is to write some code to run each
query 100 or 1000 times and see which one is fastest, although in the case
of just picking which fields you want from the same table I doubt you'll
notice any difference.

Nigel.



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Hi
which SQL statement is more efficient

SELECT * FROM mytable

  OR
SELECT A, B, C FROM mytable

Why is it more efficient,
If there are any articles about writing efficient SQL
querries will really help


Ashish

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