[AccessD] xyz* faster than *asd

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri Jul 8 17:37:59 CDT 2011


"some*" can use indexes. 
"*omething" can't

On 8 Jul 2011 at 13:24, jwcolby wrote:

> Does anyone know of a reason that LIKE is faster with the * in back
> instead of the front of a string to search by in the where clause?
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