On 3/30/06, Andy Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. I tried adding an index to the table, after the data had been > imported and prior to fetching the entry property values, and the > construction of the index took longer than it had taken previously to > fetch all of the property values.
The only way to significantly speed up extracting the data is to add the right indexes to the table. You pay a small penalty for each insert or update in exchange for speed of retrieval. You pay the price in small increments instead of in one big lump. Users usually won't notice a few milliseconds lost here and there, but the hour when they're waiting for an answer they do notice ;)
