[GET-dev] trait-o-matic's mysql queries seem unnecessarily slow

[Ward Vandewege]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 03:11:52PM -0400, Kimberly Robasky wrote:
> Databases are almost always slower than flat-files when you're not
> doing any writing. 

Hmm - I would agree with that statement only when you have some sort of fast
way (index?) to seek to the right 'record' in your flat file, and/or you only
do sequential reads from preset positions in the file.

Thanks,
Ward.

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