On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 11:14 +0200, Aschwin Wesselius wrote: > Shelley wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am currently responsible for a subscription module and need to design the > > DB tables and write code. > > > > I have described my table design and queries in the post: > > http://phparch.cn/index.php/mysql/38-MySQL-configuration/152-best-practices-for-using-mysql-index > > > > The problem is, in a short time the table will hold millions of records. > > So the query and index optimization is very important. > > > > Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. > Hi, > > While this is not a MySQL mailing list, I try to give you some hints and > keep it short. > > Index on most integer fields only. Text fields can be indexed, but is > not important when you design your DB well. Could you describe a well designed DB that contains searchable text that doesn't contain a text index... fulltext or otherwise. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php