Using IN or OR

[saifahmad]

in MySQL queries, which one is more performance optimized between IN and OR operators.

[mwasif]

I don't think there is any performance difference.

[Atli]

Everything in MySQL is optimized for performance. I doubt it very very much that minor syntax differences like these would affect the performance.

You could always simply try them both out and see for yourself.

[mwasif]

You can use EXPLAIN to compare the performance of both the queries.