Thanks for the reply. We're actually using DELAY_KEY_WRITE on our tables. The manual says (7.2.15):
Declaring a MyISAM table with the DELAY_KEY_WRITE=1 table option makes index updates faster because they are not flushed to disk until the table is closed.
Does this work with all types of indexes, including primary keys?
----- Original Message ----- From: "mos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Phil,
The fastest method to load data into a table is to use "Load Data Infile". If the table is empty when the command is executed, then the index is not updated until after the command completes. Otherwise if you are loading a lot of data, you may want to drop the index and rebuild it later. Unfortunately "Alter Table table_name disable keys" won't work on unique indexes (primary).
Mike
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