RE: Difference in Time for same query

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July 23, 2014 at 5:08 am

Your first post shows Q1 and Q2 to be identical. If they are not, and you're obfuscating the code, then:

1. Why are you expecting them to execute in the same time?

2. How do you expect folks to help when you're not showing the queries?

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