Quoting from my message yesterday:

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--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, geo.mastique@... wrote:
>
> hi,
> i use the distinct sql intruction in a query so as to return only one
> time a value :
>
> select distinct myfield for mytable.
>
> is it more quick to use a group by instruction ??? as :
> select myfield for mytable
> group by myfield
>
> this question is maybe more sql topic than Firebird topic but maybe
> firebird is better with the first or second instruction ???

It should make no difference to the plan the database uses, but to a
human the first is more understandable and so should be prefered. You
can always check the plan of a query through iSQL or pretty much any
other visual tool, and that will tell you whether they are indeed the
same.

Adam