HELP needed for speeding up a query!

2006-08-20 Thread Nicholas Wyatt
Hello to all! has anybody got any ideas how i can speed up the following query? it's so awfully slow (about 1 second). the test_item table is the main problem. currently, it has about 108.000 entries. is it normal that it takes so long? and if it isn't, how can i optimize the query? i've got

Re: HELP needed for speeding up a query!

2006-08-20 Thread Chris
Nicholas Wyatt wrote: Hello to all! has anybody got any ideas how i can speed up the following query? it's so awfully slow (about 1 second). the test_item table is the main problem. currently, it has about 108.000 entries. is it normal that it takes so long? and if it isn't, how can i

Re: HELP needed for speeding up a query!

2006-08-20 Thread Chris
[ always cc the list so others can share the fix or make appropriate comments ] Nicholas Wyatt wrote: hi chris, thanks for answering! however, i do already have indexes on those columns. all my tables use the myisam storage engine. what are the differences you mentioned between these engines