Re: DECODE

David,

> > I regularly use queries and views that involve 6-9 tables,
> > three UNIONS, and two sub-selects in each UNION ... and still get a
> 2-3
> > second response time on the 500mhz Celeron production machine.
>
> Thanks. Good advice.
> Question: How big are those tables you're joining and uniting? (disk
> size, and number of rows).

I'm not sure about disk size. Some of the tables are reference lists,
with just a few dozen rows. 4 of the tables have at least 1000 rows
each. Nothing large, or I'd use a faster processor.

-Josh

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