set @order = 5 and select @order = 5

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Sun Foster
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Posted - 2009-09-02 : 16:09:53

Which one is better?
set @order = 5
select @order = 5

tkizer
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Posted - 2009-09-02 : 16:12:16

Use SET for just one item and SELECT for multiple items.

But they are practically equivalent. I know people have done performance testing on this, but the performance difference is so tiny that it doesn't matter which you use.

Tara Kizer
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madhivanan
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Posted - 2009-09-03 : 03:10:01

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/differences_between_set_and_select.htm

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