Mark, Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 5:34:34 AM, you wrote:
MS> Anyone know what causes "overhead" on a MySQL table? MS> I wrote a JSP application using MySQL that uses updates and Inserts and have MS> found that a lot of "overhead" exists. MS> Of course if the table is optimized - the overhead is cleared. MS> Anyone had similar issues? If you change tables with dynamic size rows (varchar, text or blob columns), you may want to defragment/reclaim space from the table. Look at in the manual, it will be useful for you: http://www.mysql.com/doc/O/P/OPTIMIZE_TABLE.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/U/p/Update_speed.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/n/Insert_speed.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/T/i/Tips.html MS> Thanks MS> Mark -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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