On 29-Jun-01 Kris Amy wrote:
> i have a database and a table:-
>
> mysql> describe phone;
> +-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
> +-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>| name | blob | | | | |
>| add1 | blob | | | | |
>| add2 | blob | YES | | NULL | |
>| phone | tinyblob | | MUL | | |
> +-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> 4 rows in set (0.03 sec)
>
> mysql>
>
> The only problem is that it takes anywhere between 10seconds-1 minute to
> search the database. there is ~8.5 million records in it though.
>
> Anyone know howto speed this up?
What do you search on, the phone number ? that what's indexed.
Great for a reverse-directory, not so good for a name-> number query.
Regards,
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