> ... But it isn't very fast. > For executemany I have some hundred thousend lines in a list of tuples. > I joined() these lines to form an insert into table values (....) statement > and > blew it into the mysql cmdline client via os.popen(). > This was 60(!) times faster and loaded my table in seconds! > > Is the mySQL module so slow ?
No. The fact that each statement is atomic makes it slow. Try the multiple queries, but precede them with a "SET AUTOCOMMIT=0" statement or use a transaction. You will probably see a tremendous speed increase. When you combine all the queries into one statement, you are effectively doing the same. Best regards, Dikkie. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
