same size VARCHAR or INT IX faster? i assume INT. The reason I ask is I was wondering what (if any) is the avg delay from one over the other? And benefit of one over the other? Thanks. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly