Re: Questions Compressed Tables & Indexs

2002-12-05 Thread Michael T. Babcock
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 04:03:41PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > Protocol compression is separate from Table compression. To enable > protocol compression, set the CLIENT_COMPRESS flag when connecting to > the server, or add the "compress" keyword to the [client] block of your > my.cnf file. How ab

Re: Questions Compressed Tables & Indexs

2002-12-05 Thread Steve Yates
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 15:36:37 -0500, Michael She wrote: >As for indicies is it better to create a single index per column, or an >index for a set of columns. For example, if I go: SELECT * FROM SOMETABLE >WHERE A = X and B = Y. Is it better to create a X AND Y index, or two >separate indicies?

Re: Questions Compressed Tables & Indexs

2002-12-05 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Dec 05), Michael She said: > I'm planning to run a remote DB across the internet for a web > application and I would like to minimize retrival times and > bandwidth. > > I have a couple of questions about MyISAM compressed Tables: > > 1. Is it slower to retrieve from a compre

Re: Questions Compressed Tables & Indexs

2002-12-05 Thread Michael She
Hi all, I'm planning to run a remote DB across the internet for a web application and I would like to minimize retrival times and bandwidth. I have a couple of questions about MyISAM compressed Tables: 1. Is it slower to retrieve from a compressed table, or actually faster since data is packed?