Re: Speeding up a Mysql Select
| From: | Owen Prime | Date: | Wed, 09 Oct 2002 05:28:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Speeding up a Mysql Select | ||
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Have a look into indexes.... I'm running selects on tables with about 4.5
million rows on a desktop without problems.
Bob Irwin wrote:
> G'day,
>
> I'm doing a select on a database that has about 45000 records and growing
> and its a bit SLOW.
>
> Its using a unix timestand to mark the beginning of a call and the end of
> a
> call. This is also used so I know what date the call was received.
>
> When I do a
>
> select * from support where begintime between 'timestamp1' and
> 'timestamp2';
>
> It takes a while to execute... The timestamp fieldtype is varchar(10)...
> Will I see any speed difference with a different column type?
>
> Any advice on how to speed this up would be greatly appreciated! :)
>
> Best Regards
> Bob Irwin
> Server Admin & Web Programmer
> Planet Netcom
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Cheers,
Owen Prime
http://www.noggin.com.au