Hello, approx. how long does it take your "big" query to run as it is now? Are these queries appending a table? or are they buiding a result (from a "chain" of queries)? Have you tried separating them out? Any difference? -sam
> Hi, > > I have a big query that involves searching in more tables, and I think > this > might be slower than creating more smaller queries. What do you think, is > this true generally? > > The query searches in a big table but it also counts the number of records > from other 2 tables based on a criteria, and usually the result is a big > number of records, but the final result is limited using "limit 0,30". > > So I am wondering... > Could it work faster if I won't count(*) the number of records in those 2 > tables, but get the result (only 30 records), then for each separate > record > use a separate query that gets that number? > > I don't know, could 31 queries work faster than a single bigger and > complex > query? > > Thank you. > > Teddy > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]