Tuesday, January 22, 2002, 8:43:55 AM, it is written:

>> I have a large amount of date that I need to select from in order to
>> generate reports (might take 20 minutes).  I also have data
>> continuously being inserted.. I don't mind if the select results
>> doesn't contain the recently added rows (or it can -- I don't care).

JZ> If your table is a MyISAM table with fixed-length rows and no "holes"
JZ> from deleted records, you should be able insert and select at the same
JZ> time.
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JZ> you might consider using InnoDB tables which have non-locking SELECTs.
JZ> INSERTs will run just file while you're doing other things.
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Yes, and you can also take a look at 4.0 server which have improved caching. That 
might be helpful in your situation as well.

JZ> Jeremy





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