Hi Barry, It is, indeed, faster to load the data then create the indexes.
Instead of 'disable' and 'enable', you could try: - ALTER TABLE DROP index (or drop the table and create it without indexes.) - load your data - ALTER TABLE ADD index HTH, /Rob At 09:40 -0500 2001/12/04, Barry Roomberg wrote: >The actual load of a single table takes about 1/2 hour, but >indexing takes DAYS. I've recompiled '--with-raid' which allows >me to create a table big enough. <snip> >According to the docs, it seems that the following >sequence should be faster: > >Create WITH indexes defined. >Alter table disable indexes. >Load data. >Alter table enable indexes. > >The 'enable' and 'disable' seem to be strictly a MySQL 4.0 >command, which I didn't initially DL, so I'm setting that >up now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Alexander, Alpha Geek, Workmate.ca WWW Database Applications and Web Hosting http://www.workmate.ca 416-823-6599 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Life's unfair - but root password helps!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
