Hello all... Source table has approximately 23,000,000 rows. The explain below shows we'll be working with 2,707,366 of those rows just inserting them into a table. Why does this take 10 minues to run? System specifications below all that.
* Precompiled binary from mysql.com * Completely idle machine * Completely idle disk * Not I/O bound during query. * Mysqld maxing one cpu out reading data, but not writing to any temp tables on disk for quit some time. * Started with mysql-huge reference config. 'explain select * from below': ============================== table: source_table type: range possible_keys: PRIMARY,MONTH_DAY key: PRIMARY key_len: 1 ref: NULL rows: 2707366 Extra: Using where CREATE TABLE tmp.seperate_disk_partition SELECT * FROM source_table WHERE month_day IN (14, 7, 31, 24) Query OK, 2862629 rows affected (9 min 37.36 sec) Records: 2862629 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: * Sun 420, 4-400mhz, 4gb ram. 100gb EMC attached via fiber channel. Server version 4.0.18-standard Protocol version 10 Connection Localhost via UNIX socket UNIX socket /tmp/mysql.sock Uptime: 7 days 9 hours 6 min 50 sec Threads: 1 Questions: 3103 Slow queries: 89 Opens: 352 Flush tables: 1 Open >C compiler: gcc (GCC) 3.3 >C++ compiler: gcc (GCC) 3.3 >Environment: <machine, os, target, libraries (multiple lines)> System: SunOS f10212-06.adc1.level3.com 5.8 Generic_108528-22 sun4u sparc SUNW,U Architecture: sun4 -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]