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: Do I assume correctly that the Image/SQL/ODBC speed improvements in
: Express 3.0 can be used even if you do not install the TPI portion?
 
Yes.
 
Even without TPI, the 'native indexing' (for example, master data sets) in
Image is now known to the SQL optimizer.  Of course, TPI gives you greater
indexing flexibility, which might improve the performance of certain queries
that native indexing cannot address.
 
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