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% I have two text files with two rows of data on each line sperated by a tab for about
20 lines in each file. Would it be faster accessing this data by putting it in a mysql
table?
For something so small I'd go with a text file unless you happen to
Hi Jay,
El mar, 20-04-2004 a las 07:52, Jay Blanchard escribió:
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I have two text files with two rows of data on each line sperated by a
tab for about 20 lines in each file. Would it be faster accessing this
data by putting it in a mysql table?
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Sounds like the perfect
El mar, 20-04-2004 a las 08:24, John Nichel escribió:
Jay Blanchard wrote:
There is always awk!
Aw, no votes for cat | grep? ;)
No, that would be worse since the system needs to spawn a new process
and this is slow too. Specially on a high loaded system.
If you are concerned
William Lovaton wrote:
El mar, 20-04-2004 a las 08:24, John Nichel escribió:
Jay Blanchard wrote:
There is always awk!
Aw, no votes for cat | grep? ;)
No, that would be worse since the system needs to spawn a new process
and this is slow too. Specially on a high loaded system.
If you
I have two text files with two rows of data on each line sperated by a tab for about
20 lines in each file. Would it be faster accessing this data by putting it in a mysql
table?
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I have two text files with two rows of data on each line sperated by a
tab for about 20 lines in each file. Would it be faster accessing this
data by putting it in a mysql table?
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Sounds like the perfect opportunity to set up a test! File I/O is always
slower.
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Isn't the database kept in a file? Why would that file be faster than a plain
text file?
cheers,
Travis
Jay Blanchard wrote:
[snip]
I have two text files with two rows of data on each line sperated by a
tab for about 20 lines in each file. Would it be faster accessing this
data by putting it
[snip]
Isn't the database kept in a file? Why would that file be faster than a
plain
text file?
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Of course it is, but the file is kept accessible by the database server
deamon so you are not reading from a file in the tradional sense.
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Isn't the database kept in a file? Why would that file be faster
than a plain
text file?
cheers,
Travis
Jay Blanchard wrote:
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I have two text files with two
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I'm not sure but I think it would depend on the programming language and
with php File I/O is slower then database (mySql anyway).
Where as Perl would probably be quicker with the text file.
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There is always awk!
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I have two text files with two rows of data on each
line sperated by a tab for about 20 lines in each file.
Would it be faster accessing this data by putting it in a
mysql table?
Depends what you want to do with the data. If you're searching through for
Mark Cubitt wrote:
I'm not sure but I think it would depend on the programming language and
with php File I/O is slower then database (mySql anyway).
Where as Perl would probably be quicker with the text file.
I could be wrong though
It would really depend on the size of the file, and how the db
Jay Blanchard wrote:
[snip]
I'm not sure but I think it would depend on the programming language and
with php File I/O is slower then database (mySql anyway).
Where as Perl would probably be quicker with the text file.
[/snip]
There is always awk!
Aw, no votes for cat | grep? ;)
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