I am using 3.23.51 also "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of." - Ben Franklin
> From: Rahadul Kabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > what version of mysql are you running? I was having similar problem then I > upgraded my mysql to 3.23.51 and the problem was solved. > > Richard Baskett wrote: > >> Ok Im still having some serious speed problems and obviously since more >> records are being added every day the problem is getting worse. Here is the >> query: >> >> SELECT DISTINCT Location.SortID AS Loc, LocName, JobTitle AS Job, Company AS >> Comp, Jobs.JobID, Employers.EmpID >> FROM Employers >> INNER JOIN Jobs ON Employers.EmpID = Jobs.EmpID >> INNER JOIN JobsLocation ON Jobs.JobID = JobsLocation.JobID >> INNER JOIN Location ON JobsLocation.LocID = Location.LocID >> WHERE Valid = 1 AND JobTitle IS NOT NULL AND ( >> LocName >> LIKE 'US-Alabama%' >> ) >> ORDER BY Loc ASC >> >> EXPLAIN >> table type possible_keys key key_len ref >> rows Extra >> Employers ALL PRIMARY NULL NULL NULL >> 56467 where used; Using temporary; Using filesort >> Jobs ref PRIMARY,EmpID EmpID 4 >> Employers.EmpID 1 where used >> JobsLocation ref PRIMARY PRIMARY 4 >> Jobs.JobID 1 Using index >> Location eq_ref LocID,LocName LocID 2 >> JobsLocation.LocID 1 where used >> >> And yes I need all of those tables.. I took people's advice and used inner >> join instead of left join. It takes 52 seconds now... still not even close >> to satisfactory. Once I speed it up enough I am going to save the results >> to a table with a timestamp and periodically update those results and call >> those results if the particular query is being called again within the time >> limit. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. Plus I was told in the last thread that >> PRIMARY key is not an Index.. Is this true? Thanks! >> >> Rick >> >> "Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." - >> Albert Einstein > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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