On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM, David Scott <critt...@desktopcreatures.com>wrote:
> When we run a large query other queries start to back up when the large one > gets to the 'creating sort index' phase, this lock seems to affect the > whole > server, all databases... does anyone know what may be causing this? > More specifics would be good, but if the other queries don't access that table, perhaps I/O ? Check your (myisam_)sort_buffer_size and tmp_table_size settings. Also, creating indexes on the field that you're sorting on might be useful, depending on the query. -- Celsius is based on water temperature. Fahrenheit is based on alcohol temperature. Ergo, Fahrenheit is better than Celsius. QED.
