On second thought another way to optimize a query like that would be
to remove the * and only put in the columns that are actually being
used, as opposed to taking the * literally.
Such that if the fields in the select list use 2 columns and the join
uses 1 column, only those 3 columns should be expanded by the
optimizer. This would probably make the query more efficient as well,
being that it selects fewer fields.
Thank You
Sim Zacks
IT Manager
CompuLab
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