In article <200606141557.37321.terry@xxxxxxxx>, Terry Lee Tucker <terry@xxxxxxxx> wrote: % elements of 50 thousand records on 8 structurally identical databases. We % threw together the script and decided to just delete the record and re-insert % it with the data that was brought into sync. Now the question: Is it just as % fast to do it this way, or is there some hidden advantage to performing an % update? If you have foreign key relationships to the table being updated, then deleting from that table will often be slower than updating. -- Patrick TJ McPhee North York Canada ptjm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
