>>>>Wow, now that's the first time I've heard this point of view. It seems most
>>>>everyone has been preaching about the benefits of the deleted tag for quite a
>>>>while. . . -Rick
>>>Including myself. :-) Live and learn....
>>Would this be as a result of the general movement towards more SQL compliance?
>>I've been surprised as well but from that pov it seems to make some sense.
>
>No, I think it's just that people assumed that "optimization" meant "speed". Then, people actually started checking the numbers....
Garrett,

Ok, that makes sense. It is something of a surprise and I wonder why the developers never passed the wprd on...

*shrug*

One of life's mysteries.

Of course, I remember when Rushmore did time travel and reported minus numbers. *g*

Best,

DD