Optimization question and possible bug

2001-09-07 Thread Stefan Pinkert
Hi, i'm using MySQL 3.23.37 on a Linux system with an average of about 20 queries/second. First of all i have a little question how i can optimize a query. The query is like that: select * from tbl where key_field1 constant1 and key_field2 constant2 Examine that query with explain

Re: Optimization question and possible bug

2001-09-07 Thread Adams, Bill TQO
Stefan Pinkert wrote: Examine that query with explain select... show that the indexes are not used. The keyfields are unsigned tiny int where every bit has a different meaning. Any clue how i can rewrite this query in a way where the indexes are used? If MySQL thinks it will be faster to

AW: Optimization question and possible bug

2001-09-07 Thread Stefan Pinkert
] 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