Well then, be so kind and tell us your index configuration
and your hardware configuration.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Capinha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 9:10 PM
Subject: 3 million+ records problems.
> Hi!
>
> I've got a table with 3 million+ records. This table has only to
> columns: an int and a varchar(80).
>
> I need to periodically execute a statement like: "SELECT id,count(*)
> FROM names GROUP bY id", which takes very long time to end.
>
> I'm using perl (DBI) to access this table. When I do a select by id
> (SELECT name FROM names WHERE id=1) it hangs forever for very large
> results (>1million).
>
> I'm running mysql 3.22.29 on FreeBSD 3.4. Would an upgrade to the
latest
> 3.23 help ? Would an upgrade to FreeBSD 4 or maybe Linux help ?
> The id column is indexed, but i believe this is A Good Thing(tm).
>
> I've checked past messages of this mailing list and i couldn't find
> anything that seemed relevant to my case. Can anyone give me some
> suggestions to speed things up ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Manuel Capinha,
> who as just seen his weekend ruined.
>
>
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