Re: Grouping / unique list with just XPath

Hi,

On 11/18/05, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[using keys]
> It depends on how big your lists are, really. grouping by using keys
> changes the time complexity of the algorithm, so if your lists are large
> enough it will always be faster, in the end. But if your lists are very
> small, then I agree, it may not be worth setting them up, and the time
> taken to make the key index may mean its no faster anyway.

Yes, and I'll do some performance profiling to see if it's worth it. I
fear I'm in the middle where neither will outperform the other. :)


Alex
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