am 31.07.2006, um 15:32:19 +0200 mailte Christian Rengstl folgendes: > Hi list, > > i have a problem with creating a query and i hope somebody can give me > some hints. I have the following table > pid(varchar), crit(varchar), val1(varchar), val2(varchar), > iDate(timestamp) > where there are up to 63 million lines with 1500 distinct pids and > around 42000 distinct crits: > pid crit val1 val2 iDate > 'yyy' 'aaa' 'b' 'c' someTime > 'yyy' 'bbb' 'b' 'a' anotherTime > ... > What i have to do is to export the table for which i have to query the > table with the following pattern: select val1, val2 from mytable where > pid='yyy' and crit='aaa'. But if i do this 63 million times, it just > takes too long. So, what i would like to do is to make a query where i
Do you have indexe on pid and crit? Can you paste a "explain analyse select val1, val2 from mytable where pid='yyy' and crit='aaa';" Which version? ("select version();"). HTH, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47215, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net === Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe === ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend