As a Rule of Thumb, function evaluation time is not significant to the overall time for
running a query. (I see IF and CASE as 'functions' for this discussion.)
Do you have evidence that says that IF is slower? Perhaps using BENCHMARK()?
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> Subject: IF and CASE
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> It is my impression that when their functions are equivalent, IF takes
> more time than CASE. Comment?
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> Do they always evaluate all their arguments?
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