Ooops, factual error: > > If, say, Google, can search 2 trillion web pages, averaging say 70k > > bytes each, in 1 second, and Mysql can search 22 million records, with > > an index on 40 bytes each, in 3 seconds (my experience) on a good day, > > what's the order of magnitude difference? Roughly 10^9.
Google has only 2 Billion with a B web pages. So the order of magnitude difference is only 10^6. But that still leaves a mysql Fulltext search a MILLION times slower than Google. Someone correctly pointed out today that it's not Mysql's job to be Google, and I agree. But it seems to me that it would be fair for mysql to be able to handle searches in under 1 second for databases 1 millionth the size of Google. All I want here is a decent flexible phone book lookup, not a search engine. -steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
