Re: MySQL versus MS SQL

2004-02-23 Thread Udikarni
Chris, We run a large data warehouse with tables similar to yours. We basically gave up on indexing and the overhead involved and just tablescan. The key is to partition the data using a concept called Merge Tables. However, since we currently use Oracle, eager to migrate to MySQL - I don't hav

Re: MySQL versus MS SQL

2004-02-23 Thread beacker
Chris Fossenier writes: ... Query 1 > a1.phone_pander_flag <> 'Y' > AND state.state = 'PA' > AND ( h1.homeowner = 'Y' > OR h2.probable_homeowner IN ('8','9') > OR h2.homeowner_probability_model BETWEEN '080' AND '102' ) > AND ( p1c.exact_age BETWEEN '40' AND '60' > OR estimated_age BETW

RE: MySQL versus MS SQL

2004-02-23 Thread HuMPie
I saw the same that ms sql is faster but I think it's because of the ms sql makes better use of index's I had a table with almos 300mil records on ms sql query with index'es it was no problem (in about 5 min I got the result) and with a much smaller db on mysql (with 80 mil records it took almost

RE: MySQL versus MS SQL

2004-02-23 Thread Chris Fossenier
nt: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:42 AM To: Chris Fossenier; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MySQL versus MS SQL Hi Chris, Chris Fossenier wrote: > This is a long post, my apologies. Speaking for myself, I found the detail most helpful. Thanks! See response at bottom. ...snip... > QUER

Re: MySQL versus MS SQL

2004-02-23 Thread Kurt Hansen
Hi Chris, Chris Fossenier wrote: This is a long post, my apologies. Speaking for myself, I found the detail most helpful. Thanks! See response at bottom. ...snip... QUERY1 ~~~ Indexed Fields (link, phone_pander,state, exact_age, estimated_age, phone, first, last, address) MS SQL QUERY (