ADO: JOIN vs RELATE.

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I posted this in the Excel programming forum, but was asked to re-post here.

I appreciate that RELATE is used when SHAPE-ing data, but I can't see a
dis-advantage of using this over a SQL statement using JOIN.

Why not always SHAPE your data using RELATE rather than ever using SQL and
JOIN?

TIA.
 
Shaping data is usually only used when you want to return hierarchical data,
like if you want to fill the MSHFlexGrid. I believe it will be slower than
using standard joins if you just want a flat recordset.

Barry
 
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