Re: Suggestions for first exam ...

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:25:53 +1000
Message-ID: <3f796a9a$0$5000$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

"Brian Peasland" <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:3F784B3B.A9149E1F_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...

> impossible. Rather, it was meant to make you think on whether you needed
> the sort at all.

Still out of the context of that article. They are talking about ORDER BY, very clearly and specifically. You can't "tune" those by removal. Period. Unless we want to rely on implicit sorts, like in indexes or UNION or GROUP BY. That works, but is wide open to future compatibility problems.

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Received on Tue Sep 30 2003 - 06:25:53 CDT