On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:19, 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?
>
> Kind Regards
> Kris Amy
Wouldn't you be better off to use Char or Varchar types for that sort of
information?
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