> Please give examples of true RDBMS SQL servers which return rows before
> completing the database scan.
My comments exactly. I know of no such SQL engine. Now, there are some
which will keep the RESULTS on the server, and only return them
one-by-one. That may be a speed savings. Also, if your query uses
ORDER BY, I am in the process of improving the performance of that code.
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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
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