-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harald Fuchs Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:18 AM To: James Drabb Subject: Re: FULLTEXT and large database
> > I seem to get inconsistent results when using the FULLTEXT index > > speed-wise on 3 million+ records. Here is a query that has been > > in the "Sorting results" stage for 200 seconds. There is a > > LIMIT clause of 200, so it cannot take MySQL 200 seconds to > > sort 200 records. > You've got that wrong. MySQL has to sort *the entire result set* > (before LIMITing) in order to find the 200 most recent entries. > > Thus my question how many rows the MATCH would return without the LIMIT. OHHHH!. Well then it would be a few hundred thousand to possibly a few million. I cannot really remove any data since the admins would like 30 days worth And right now there is only about 3 days worth. This project is still in pilot, so maybe we may need to limit to 14 days of data or so. Jim Drabb -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. -- Thomas Jefferson; 1813 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =- James Drabb JR Senior Programmer Analyst Darden Restaurants Business Systems JDrabb at Darden dot com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
