Use ‘=’ or LIKE to compare strings in SQL?

To see the performance difference, try this:

SELECT count(*)
FROM master..sysobjects as A
JOIN tempdb..sysobjects as B
on A.name = B.name

SELECT count(*)
FROM master..sysobjects as A
JOIN tempdb..sysobjects as B
on A.name LIKE B.name

Comparing strings with ‘=’ is much faster.

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