Benchmark: timing 500 iterations of Flatfile_Insert, Mysql_Insert...
Flatfile_Insert:  8 wallclock secs ( 4.02 usr +  3.36 sys =  7.38 CPU) @ 67.75/s (n=500)
Mysql_Insert: 26 wallclock secs ( 5.74 usr +  1.93 sys =  7.67 CPU) @ 65.19/s (n=500)
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Benchmark: timing 500 iterations of Flatfile_Select, Mysql_Select...
Flatfile_Select: 14 wallclock secs ( 8.25 usr +  5.39 sys = 13.64 CPU) @ 36.66/s (n=500)
Mysql_Select: 85 wallclock secs (34.61 usr +  5.33 sys = 39.94 CPU) @ 12.52/s (n=500)
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Benchmark: timing 500 iterations of Flatfile_Update, Mysql_Update...
Flatfile_Update: 179 wallclock secs (147.56 usr + 25.98 sys = 173.54 CPU) @  2.88/s (n=500)
Mysql_Update: 37 wallclock secs (10.73 usr +  2.33 sys = 13.06 CPU) @ 38.28/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 ( 0.13 usr +  0.04 sys =  0.17 CPU) @  5.88/s (n=1)
            (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)
Mysql_Delete:  0 wallclock secs ( 0.01 usr +  0.01 sys =  0.02 CPU) @ 50.00/s (n=1)
            (warning: too few iterations for a reliable count)