"Chuck" <chuck_hamilton_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<a8s7cr$ufvo7$1_at_ID-85580.news.dfncis.de>...
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> Anyone ever done a performance comparison between integer indexes vs.
> varchar indexes? What was the result? Did one perform significantly
> faster than the other?
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I remember reading a test posted to metalink once and basically there
was very little difference between the two for comparable keys.
Numeric did seem to have a small advantage for the tests displayed.
HTH -- Mark D Powell --
Received on Mon Apr 08 2002 - 12:09:16 CDT
