It has been my experience that the speed in
a Sql Query is completely dependant upon the
design and configuration of the Sql Database
and the Sql Engine (ie Sql Server or Oracle)
Perl is just handing off the queryText to
the sql engine...Now if you saying that you use simple queries and reassemble the data
inside the Perl Script...That could be
the case. However, I have found it a better
practice to configure the database/database
engine for efficiency rather than add the
complexity in the application code.


Jim Frazier