Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Bruce Sandell
Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? I have a hash table that I am constantly adding data to, which means the index is constantly being updated. If I keep the size of the key buffer sufficiently large, will the new index values be there upon creation, or not until they are

RE: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Bruce Sandell
Sorry, thats a heap table, not a hash table. -Original Message- From: Bruce Sandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Indexing hash tables Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? I have a hash table

Re: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 03:44:07PM -0800, Bruce Sandell wrote: Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? You mean for HEAP tables, which used hashed indexes? I have a hash table that I am constantly adding data to, which means the index is constantly being updated. If I

RE: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Bruce Sandell
] Subject: Re: Indexing hash tables On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 03:44:07PM -0800, Bruce Sandell wrote: Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? You mean for HEAP tables, which used hashed indexes? I have a hash table that I am constantly adding data to, which means the index

Re: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 04:02:23PM -0800, Bruce Sandell wrote: So does this mean that you should or should not bother using indexes on a heap table? You should use an index on a heap table column just like you would for any other table. It's just that the index isn't a B-Tree like with

RE: Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-13 Thread Norman L. Smith
From: Karl J. Stubsjoen Hello, Can someone explain hash tables or hash indexes and if we can take advantage of them in MySQL? Thanks! Karl A few words on a meaty subject... Hashing is a search method based on an arithmetic or algorithmic transformation of the key. Hashing is a means

RE: Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-13 Thread Norman L. Smith
From: Karl J. Stubsjoen Imagine: a table with over 200,000 records in it and one of the fields in the table is a keywords field. Keywords seperated by commas. The keyword field is a collection of keywords that our clients use to identify the content of their web pages. What we need

Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-12 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, Can someone explain hash tables or hash indexes and if we can take advantage of them in MySQL? Thanks! Karl - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com

HASH tables...

2001-03-19 Thread Dave Juntgen
Hello, I would like to ask those of you who have used temporary hash tables in MySQL version 2.23.x if you have encountered any problems, concurs or known issues. I have been testing it myself and everything sees to working just fine. Please list your thoughts and comments on temporary hash

Re: HASH tables...

2001-03-19 Thread Sven Huster
Am 22:21 19.03.2001 schrieb Dave Juntgen: *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Hello, I would like to ask those of you who have used temporary hash tables in MySQL version 2.23.x if you have encountered any problems, concurs or known issues. I have been