>Hello,
>
>I have an SQL query where I need to use strtran() in the where clause:
>WHERE STRTRAN(cname,' ','') = MyVar
>
>This slows down the process a lot!
>Is it possible to optimize this query? I have alrdady an index on STRTRAN(cname,' ',''), but this does not change the performance.
>
>Any help is highly appreciated!
An index on strtran(...) is virtually useless, since it is of variable length. Any decent VFP index has a fixed length. Perhaps padr(strtran(...)) will achieve better results.
Hilmar.
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