Thank you, Martina.
>Hi Dmitry,
>
>No, because both variants are slow - UPPER(FIELD).
>
>MartinaJ
>
>>I have changed this post a couple of time. And now, after all, I decide to ask the question:
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>>Does it matter if the SQL Select (in stored procedure) is
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>>where upper(@SID) = upper(SID)
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>>or
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>>where upper(SID) = upper(@SID)
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>>That is, if a variable is compared to the field or the other way around.
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>>The @SID is the passed value and the field name in the table is SID
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>>TIA
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