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See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/how-to-avoid-table-scan.html David Kagiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding 8bit, charset: iso-8859-1, 15 lines --] > > Hi > I our database there is one table that will grow into tetrabytes within a > short time. > > I would like to know how i can reduce full table scans. > > I have used separate tables as per region for now but the problem is if i > create a new table i am forced to recompile the application. > > I can easily avoid this by using one table and an extra field to flag which > region a paricular transaction happened.However i need ideas of how i can > avoid full table scans because slow queries are unacceptable. it will also > give me more flexibility in writing reports > > I will gladly appreciate any links that are specific to this problem and case > studies.There people who need to be convinced > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]