Re: Speed of SQL statements

On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 03:42:43PM -0500, Kevin Quinlan allegedly wrote:
> Does anyone have any performance numbers regarding SQL statements,
> specifically SELECT, UPDATE, DELETE, and INSERT?  For instance, on average
> how long does a typical SELECT (UPDATE, DELETE, INSERT) statement take to
> execute?

Performance is not easily expressed in time, since it depends a lot on the
way you've setup your database and your queries (indexes, etc). Of course,
the hardware you use also influences the execution time a lot.

Cheers,

Mathijs
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