From: Fred Lindberg
Date: March 19 1999 4:39pm
Subject: Re: Ultra High Performance
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On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:29:08 -0500 (EST), Eric Savage wrote:

>cgi's in C using the C API.  We are basically just looking for a way to
>minimize the number of machines we need.  Our use ranges from simple
>UPDATE sand INSERT statements to complex joinsand substring searches.

C API. Local MySQL server. For non-local access, I was recommended to
use compression (a protocol option when you connect) which sped up
things a lot (especially with large result sets, of course). Static vs
dynamic linking depends on how many concurrent processes you run, how
much memory, etc.



-Sincerely, Fred

(Frederik Lindberg, Infectious Diseases, WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA)