Mysql regexp performance question

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Published on 2010-04-29T19:00:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 19:07 UTC
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Rumour has it that this;

SELECT * FROM lineage_string where lineage like '%179%' and  lineage regexp '(^|/)179(/|$)'

Would be faster than this;

SELECT * FROM lineage_string where lineage regexp '(^|/)179(/|$)'

Can anyone confirm ? Or know a decent way to test the speed of such queries. Thanks

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