Question from a new user:MySQL vs MS SQLserver merges

2005-04-29 Thread jatwood
I am new to MySQL. Please excuse my ignorance if this question has been previously discussed. I was not able to find an answer to my question by searching the archives. I have MySQL installed on a dedicated AMD-64 computer with the MS XP Pro operating system. MS-SQLServer is installed on

Re: Question from a new user:MySQL vs MS SQLserver merges

2005-04-29 Thread Alec . Cawley
jatwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 28/04/2005 22:35:45: I am new to MySQL. Please excuse my ignorance if this question has been previously discussed. I was not able to find an answer to my question by searching the archives. I have MySQL installed on a dedicated AMD-64 computer

Re: Question from a new user:MySQL vs MS SQLserver merges

2005-04-29 Thread Brent Baisley
It sounds like you either have incorrect indexes or you didn't adjust the MySQL configuration variables (i.e. key_buffer, join_buffer_size, read_buffer_size) appropriately for your data set size and what your query is doing (i.e. full table scan). SHOW STATUS can help you figure out what needs

Re: Question from a new user:MySQL vs MS SQLserver merges

2005-04-29 Thread mfatene
Hi, If you're in a transactionnal env., and have a test env. of mysql with myisam tables, and want to compare, you will not have what you want. Myisam tables have only table locking. sql server 2000 and Yukon have row locking mecanism. So you have to have innodb storage type. Also, if your