thomas rooney abkdreadservercom vfnkdycxsylinuxie problem likely neither hardware database size rather data structure database indexing strategy look query plans generated general queries youre running theyll typically point problems know youre looking think right data structures well optimised cant changed point game alass looking like hardware upgrades way forward barry flanagan man split name split split file pieces synopsis split option input prefix thanks barry faster google google helpful today niall sorry described piece string question faster exactly searching optimised table indices place analysed queries see bottlenecks questions questions know questions need asking asking questions late data app uses cant changed meening cost new hardware less cost good programmer thanks reply tom fri 08 aug 2008 131141 0000 ilug splitting large csv file