Jason Pruim pruimj@xxxxxxxxx On Nov 28, 2011, at 8:58 PM, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 29/11/11 01:38, "Jason Pruim" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Given the following 2 queries: >> >> "SELECT DISTINCT areacode FROM main WHERE state = '{$query_exploded[0]}'"; >> >> "SELECT DISTINCT areacode FROM main"; >> >> The second displays ALOT faster.... Like by minutes... the first one is what I >> really want though.... Currently working with a dataset of 89 million records, >> will be expanding that to many many more times that... To the tune of possibly >> a couple billion records... >> >> Any ideas? :) > > PostgreSQL? > > ;-)... In all seriousness... Would it help or change it in anyway? :) I am free to use what I want (I believe) on this project... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php