-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Rod,
thanks for that - I tried it out, fixed the minor typos and it ran at almost the same speed! Any other ideas? cheers, Toby On Friday 01 August 2003 10:33, Rod Taylor wrote: > How about this? It should spit out the same number, but be quite a bit > quicker at it. Untested of course... > > > select t.thread_id, > t.forum_id, > t.thread_title, > t.thread_owner, > t.thread_owner_id, > t.date_created, > t.thread_hits, > t.poem_reference, > t.bArchived, > count, maxdate > from fbof_thread t > LEFT OUTER JOIN > (select thread_id > , count(msg_id) as count > , max(date_created) as maxdate > from msg > group by thread_id > ) as tab ON m.thread_id = t.thread_id > where t.forum_id = 1 > and t.bArchived = 0 > and t.bSticky = 0 > order by t.date_created desc > > > can anyone point out to me where I'm going wrong here? I can't seem to > > make it faster for the life of me.... I've tried adding indices on all > > the main fields etc but nada. I'm not subscribed the list currently so > > please reply to my address as well as the list. - -- - -------------------------------- Life is poetry - write it in your own words - -------------------------------- Toby Tremayne Code Poet and Zen Master of the Heavy Sleep Senior Technical Consultant Lyricist Software www.lyricist.com.au +61 416 048 090 ICQ: 13107913 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/LOI36KYxVcB16DkRAg7RAKCIALKF4TExS9Q38WiM8jTzRxFctgCgttI3 jbfhQ4GrW2BKPU5uhRoK4rc= =F+c9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]