Yes it will take a long time depending on the size of the index also
On 8/10/07, x x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm attempting to add an index to a table with 70 > million rows. > > DB server running on a reasonably fast Intel Mac on a > relatively slow drive. > > Should this take hours to complete ? > > So far it's taken 5 hours and counting. I'm afraid > it's going to destroy my drive ! > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Need a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
