Re: Unique Index efficiency query

2003-11-27 Thread Chris Elsworth
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 06:44:57PM -0600, Matt W wrote: Hi Chris, It doesn't take MySQL any more or less time to update a unique index than a non-unique one. :-) Ah, a nice simple answer to a long drawn out question :) Thanks Matt, just the reassurance I was after, I didn't want inserts to

Unique Index efficiency query

2003-11-26 Thread Chris Elsworth
Hello, Let me just outline the table in question first. I have a rather large (40,000,000 rows) table as follows: Table: MessageIDs Create Table: CREATE TABLE `MessageIDs` ( `mid_msgid` char(96) NOT NULL default '', `mid_fileid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `mid_segment`

Re: Unique Index efficiency query

2003-11-26 Thread Matt W
Hi Chris, It doesn't take MySQL any more or less time to update a unique index than a non-unique one. :-) Hope that helps. Matt - Original Message - From: Chris Elsworth Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 12:14 PM Subject: Unique Index efficiency query Hello, Let me just