> have you done any "optimize" to your tables ?
> it should help improving the query performance.
> 
> it's normal to have memory lower on each day, because your index files are growing, 
> and takes memory.
> if you're not using innodb or bdb, you can try to run "flush threads" and "flush 
> tables". it might release some memory. ;-)

Yeah, that's the thing, the tables don't change. I add maybe 50,000 records in total 
every three months, but that's about it. Also, no one USES the databse. only like one 
a day for a few queries. I am thinking that redhat linux, and not mysql, is the 
culprit since the top reveals that the buffer size is increasing in memory. It's just 
weird that it gets slower over time, I suspect it's due to RAM. 

I am using myISAM tables. Is that innodb or bdb? 

- Steve

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