Posted by Toby A Inkster on 02/09/07 10:32

Steve wrote:

> Would work better???

Would work slower.

Assuming that "ml_lopp.loppnum" is indexed, then the database engine ought
to be able to pick out the minimum and maximum values a lot faster than
PHP will be able to. Even without indexes, chances are the database engine
will beat PHP.

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