Which platform are you using? Which FS? Regards,
Chris On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 01:14 pm, Dan Goodes wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a bit of a problem. I'm running 3.23.53 which I've compiled up from > source (because the RPMs are not an option for me). > > I have a process that does a fairly large select statement every 10 > minutes - up until a few days ago it was all find and dandy. > > A few days ago I did a massive delete from one of the tables (getting rid > of a lot of old records), and since then things have gone awry. The select > statement seems to get "stuck" in the "COPY TO tmp table" stage, and > starts to back up fairly heavily. Each of the cron-run processes gets to > this "COPY TO TMP TABLE" stage and locks up, which consumes all available > slots on the server and the whole things comes to a grinding halt. > > I've already run an optimize table on the table, and that got rid of all > the "empty space" freed up by the delete. > > Any ideas why, after the massive delete, things have started slowing right > down (or locking up entirely)? > > THanks for help. > > -Dan -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
