It appears that every time I start query the event or the data table gets Locked. Could this have any affect on why it takes so long to delete records.
Grasping at straws, Thank you, Raymond mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 1555 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305568', '12', '2006-07-10 11:48:22. | | 542 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 1555 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < "2006-04-01" | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 1555 | | NULL | | 544 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--processlist | | 545 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 308 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 333 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305782', '12', '2006-07-10 12:16:30. | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 333 | | NULL | | 544 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | | 545 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 333 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 337 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305782', '12', '2006-07-10 12:16:30. | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 337 | | NULL | | 544 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | | 545 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 337 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.01 sec) .... mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+--------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 1627 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305782', '12', '2006-07-10 12:16:30. | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 1627 | | NULL | | 545 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 1627 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | | 546 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) .... mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 3955 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305782', '12', '2006-07-10 12:16:30. | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 3955 | | NULL | | 545 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 3955 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | | 546 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 3958 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305782', '12', '2006-07-10 12:16:30. | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 3958 | | NULL | | 545 | root | localhost |snort | Query | 3958 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | | 546 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show processlist; +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+--------------+------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------+ | 1 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62693 |snort | Query | 3960 | Locked | INSER T INTO event (sid,cid,signature,timestamp) VALUES ('2', '13305782', '12', '2006-07-10 12:16:30. | | 543 |goat| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:62680 | snort_archive | Sleep | 3960 | | NULL | | 545 | root | localhost | snort | Query | 3960 | Sending data | DELET E data FROM data, event WHERE data.cid = event.cid AND event.timestamp < '2006-03-03' | | 546 | root | localhost | NULL | Query | 0 | NULL | show processlist | +-----+-------+-----------------------------------+---------------+----- ----+------+- -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]