On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 03:58:14PM -0700, Jeff Kilbride wrote: > > both InnoDB and MyISAM keep also dynamically statistics about tables. In > > most cases running ANALYZE TABLE does not bring any benefit in query > > optimization. > > Personally, I'm pretty shocked to hear you say this. I was under the > impression that running ANALYZE TABLE was a "good thing" and helped > ensure the key distribution for the table in question was up to > date.
You're correct. There are times when the MyISAM table handler looses touch with what the table really contains. Running ANALYZE or OPTIMIZE will fix that. Jeremy -- Jeremy D. Zawodny, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Technical Yahoo - Yahoo Finance Desk: (408) 349-7878 Fax: (408) 349-5454 Cell: (408) 685-5936 MySQL 3.23.51: up 32 days, processed 706,777,053 queries (248/sec. avg) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
