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Re: Should I use max()

From: Mark Gumbs <mgumbs--AT--hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:50:54 +0100
Message-ID: <3736d406.0@145.227.194.253>


There will be a performance issue. The larger the table, the larger the MAX function will take to run.
Also, there is more of a possibility that 2 users will generate the same max value.
Try a sequence?

Mark

Ray wrote in message <01be9ae0$58a7db20$9e5b4cca_at_Raymond.gmw.com>...
>Should I use max(n)+1 to assign a new seq. no. on a large table with >100
>user environment?
>Any performance issue?
>
>Raymond
Received on Mon May 10 1999 - 07:50:54 CDT

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