Posted by Arjen on 01/29/07 16:23
Michael Fesser schreef:
> .oO(Arjen)
>
>> I had to do the same thing for a project im working on. Worst case I had
>> to join 10+ tables on the fly with more then 10k entries. Performance
>> was terrible so I join the data overnight and dig in the large pool of
>> data with a simple select :-)
>
> 10k entries are _nothing_ for a database, which is able to handle
> millions of records. Even a join over 10+ tables shouldn't be much of a
> problem, except maybe on a real high-traffic site. Are you sure the
> tables were properly indexed? That's one of the most important things.
> If every constraint or join requires a full table scan because of
> missing or improperly defined indexes, then of course the performance
> will be very poor.
>
> Micha
Yup im sure. Indexes are ok (checked with explain and common sense) and
we have had quite a few specilists that have worked on it. The server is
relatively new. But it's a busy website indeed. Too bad I cant show you
since the data is private. Anyway it works like a charm now :-)
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Arjen
http://www.hondenpage.com
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