Re: PLEASE GOD HELP US!

>         SQL:  SELECT * FROM thread_listing AS t ORDER BY t.status=5
> DESC,t.lastreply desc LIMIT 25 OFFSET 0
>         Num Rows:    25
>         Affected Rows:    0
>         Exec Time:  9.1602659225464

Is t.status a big or small int? You might need to cast it... This also
goes for the other queries below. What are the explains for these queries?

explain SELECT * FROM thread_listing AS t ORDER BY t.status=5
DESC,t.lastreply desc LIMIT 25 OFFSET 0

When was the last time you ran Vacuum, Analyze?

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


>
>         SQL:  SELECT * FROM thread_categories WHERE parentcategoryid=0 AND
> threadcategoryid<>0 ORDER BY orderid ASC
>         Num Rows:    4
>         Affected Rows:    0
>         Exec Time:  0.81906294822693
>
>         SQL:  SELECT * FROM thread_categories WHERE parentcategoryid=1 AND
> promoted=true ORDER BY orderid ASC
>         Num Rows:    9
>         Affected Rows:    0
>         Exec Time:  0.0021350383758545
>
>         SQL:  SELECT * FROM thread_categories WHERE parentcategoryid=2 AND
> promoted=true ORDER BY orderid ASC
>         Num Rows:    5
>         Affected Rows:    0
>         Exec Time:  0.0019958019256592
>
>         SQL:  SELECT * FROM thread_categories WHERE parentcategoryid=3 AND
> promoted=true ORDER BY orderid ASC
>         Num Rows:    4
>         Affected Rows:    0
>         Exec Time:  0.0019819736480713
>
>         SQL:  SELECT * FROM thread_categories WHERE parentcategoryid=4 AND
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>         Affected Rows:    0
>         Exec Time:  0.0021347999572754
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>         SQL:  SELECT userid,username FROM users WHERE userid IN (select *
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>         Exec Time:  0.0011849403381348
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>
> PLEASE HELP ME FIND THE BOTTLE NECK!!
>
> Sometimes just ONE page load (approx. 13 queries) takes up to 30 seconds,
> and that is absolutely unacceptable in terms of online use.  If I can't fix
> this I'm going to have to spend the month or two switching back to MySQL...
> and I really don't want to do that, so anything you could do to help us
> would be amazing!!
>
> Thanks in advance!!
>
> - Shane
>
>
>
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