Benchmark: timing 500 iterations of Flatfile_Insert, Mysql_Insert...
Flatfile_Insert:  8 wallclock secs ( 4.29 usr +  3.30 sys =  7.59 CPU) @ 65.88/s (n=500)
Mysql_Insert: 24 wallclock secs ( 5.32 usr +  1.30 sys =  6.62 CPU) @ 75.53/s (n=500)
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Benchmark: timing 500 iterations of Flatfile_Select, Mysql_Select...
Flatfile_Select: 15 wallclock secs ( 7.99 usr +  5.81 sys = 13.80 CPU) @ 36.23/s (n=500)
Mysql_Select: 127 wallclock secs (35.89 usr +  4.20 sys = 40.09 CPU) @ 12.47/s (n=500)
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Benchmark: timing 500 iterations of Flatfile_Update, Mysql_Update...
Flatfile_Update: 175 wallclock secs (146.59 usr + 24.77 sys = 171.36 CPU) @  2.92/s (n=500)
Mysql_Update: 189 wallclock secs (10.51 usr +  1.92 sys = 12.43 CPU) @ 40.23/s (n=500)
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We can only do 1 iteration of the delete because it necessarily destroys our datasource.
Benchmark: timing 1 iterations of Flatfile_Delete, Mysql_Delete...
Flatfile_Delete:  0 wallclock secs ( 0.17 usr +  0.01 sys =  0.18 CPU) @  5.56/s (n=1)
            (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)
Mysql_Delete:  0 wallclock secs ( 0.00 usr +  0.00 sys =  0.00 CPU)
            (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)