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  3. August 2003

RE: SQL vs native access

>From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
>Common sense would indicate that the extra overhead of 
>SQL will ALWAYS make it a little
>slower for single record operations, but that it's set-based
>capabilities will make it faster for set-based operations.

I think that was true prior to 5.2. In <=5.1 SQL actually accessed data
through the same SLIC primatives as single record operations. However, in
5.2 SQL has a new query engine (below the MI) and its own set of SLIC
primatives so I'm tempted to say that common sense may see a change.

-Walden

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