Re: how dod you get to do multiple mysql queries concurrently?

On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 01:08 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote: > the column spec. what kind of geomtery column is it? and A geographical "geometry" i.e. a projected data set of Geo data. > are you using it as a primary key? or some else No, the integer gid is usually a primary key still. The geo data is indexed though. > ... if so what kind AFAIK it is a modified bTree index - but I will have to look closer to give you a more correct answer. > of stuff are you storing in there? also in what way are you > using it that gives you such a speed boost with queries? > Simply an index that is specific to a geometry. > I read the mysql docs, I understand the principles but I'm having > a hard time figuring out how to apply in practice in terms of > making use of the performance gains you mentione ... specifically > in a web environment where heavy queries are often along the lines > of paginated data combined with user defined filters (e.g. a product > list sorted by price, etc and filter on type/category/keyword/etc) > The web environment that we are talking about here is not really all that webby ;) It is more of a web frontend to a _very_ powerful database system... > sorry if I'm sounding like a idiot :-) > Not at all, how do we learn if we don't ask questions? There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid answers... --Paul