No, they do not differ from the rest. The only thing is that they need longer time to process (between 1 and 4 seconds, normally the SAME query is processed in a few miliseconds). The only correlation i found is that all queries in that log query the merge table. How does mysql handle locks on merge-tables? Maybe it has do to with some locking problem....but it's just another suspicion. -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Adams, Bill TQO Gesendet: Freitag, 7. September 2001 17:37 An: Stefan Pinkert Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: Optimization question and possible bug ..... > In the database i have a merge-table that merges 10 myisam tables. > Sometimes the loadaverage of the system raise above 50 and the > long-query-log is > filled with some query accessing the merge table. This happens 2-3 times a > day. > Only a minute later everthing is okay again without doing anything. > I can't believe that it is a performance problem because there is a > summary of only 10,000 entries in the merge table and 50,000 entries in > other > tables. Does anybody experienced this strange problem, too? Is the long query different than the other queries? Have you done an expain on it? ..... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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