> > Can you post the output of SHOW FULL PROCESSLIST during the time when > both sets of queries are running?
mysql> show full processlist; +-----+------+--------------------------+-----------+---------+------+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+------+--------------------------+-----------+---------+------+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 201 | len | dick.landsonar.com:15405 | landsonar | Query | 4033 | Sending data | insert ignore into trimble.old_crumb select * from trimble.crumba_rolled | | 209 | len | dick.landsonar.com:34684 | landsonar | Query | 2 | update | INSERT IGNORE INTO link_area (link_ID, dir_Travel, area_ID) VALUES (20202282, 'T', 21014142) | | 216 | len | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show full processlist | +-----+------+--------------------------+-----------+---------+------+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > Also what storage engine are you using for your tables? MyISAM. We found InnoDb to be considerably slower for selects for our data, though it's been a year since I did that experiment. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]