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 while ( $cnt < $howmany )
     {  my $st = $cnt % 58;
        my $chr = chr( 122-$st );
        $key = "$chr-$cnt";

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If you notice in the code, I commented out 2 lines and changed the 3rd to "A-$cnt", since the poster didn't care about random. I do, since that affects some DBs. If you want, I can run it so that after 30 seconds, I select a record, and then after completion, I'll read it back 1 time, and then 10 times with timing.

Is that what you want?

The system is 2-core 2GB AMD, 2.5 or 2.8 MHz. When I get you the times, I'll find out exactly what it is, but to compare I only run on 1-core.

Thank you

"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin

In reply to Re^2: Efficient way to handle huge number of records? by flexvault
in thread Efficient way to handle huge number of records? by Anonymous Monk

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