It works just fine with 4.0.24 so I has something to do with 4.1.x. I am sure it is not a "problem" with MySQL but something in my setup. The thing is, a simple default install is quick with 4.0.x but with my machine, which is a Sun dual Opteron box running CentOS 4 x86_64, is just dog slow. Of course I will want to get 4.1.x running, but I may have to come back to it. At the time, there was nothing but MySQL running on the server, all unused services were shut off. The cpu was barely being touched. Thanks Chris Michael Weisman wrote: >Some more information would be very helpful. > >My first questions are: >have you looked at what else might be happening on the server? >was this a remote access situation where the problem could be on the network >connection? >Were there any other processes that may have been eating up all your CPU? > >I have mysql 4.1.7 running without a problem, with a very large database. I >also have the perl-DBD-mySQL module, etc. > >I'm happy to help any way I can. > >michael. > > >