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Re:User-defined Order in SQL by grzm on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:28AM (#16635968)
That's more than a bit on indexing. Following a linked list through repeated selections is not nearly as efficient as an index scan.
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Re:User-defined Order in SQL by rdiddly on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:35AM (#16636006)
Yeah that's true. Oh well, fractions it is then!
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