[wp-hackers] set/modify the auto-incrementing ID of the p_postmeta.

[Scott Taylor]

LONGTEXT can't be indexed, InnoDB doesn't have full-text search. Welcome to hell.

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Scott Taylor
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On Monday, August 13, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Haluk Karamete wrote:

> Is it OK to index the meta_value field of the wp_postmeta?
> According to phpmyadmin, meta_id, post_id and meta_key are already indexed.
> I'm sure there must be a good reason for meta_value to come not indexed.
> 
> But what if you want indexed.
> With 32M recs in it now, I'm getting no response from the phpmyadmin
> when I query meta_value for a specific value.
> post_id, meta_id takes about 0.0X secs. querying meta_val simply times out.
> 
> That brought the question, well, should we indexed the table? The only
> field not indexed there is the meta_val.
> Even if you go say to that? well, how am I gonna index that huge data.
> It's already 5Gb.
> 
> For sure, it will time out, if I try the running it from the command
> line 9 which I do not know how to begin with ), how long would it
> take? Will I be able to stop the process ( when started from the
> command line ) in case it slows down database server effecting my
> live web site.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com (mailto:otto at ottodestruct.com)> wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Haluk Karamete <halukkaramete at gmail.com (mailto:halukkaramete at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > Wasn't there a trick to run the shell commands right from within a php
> > > page thru the use of a back tick char?
> > > would that do the trick of starting a php process from within a php
> > > page rather than going to the console and starting it manually?
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > No. There's no good way to run a long running process via a web
> > request. Nor would you really want to do so. Loads of bad karma lies
> > down that path, friend.
> > 
> > If this is a one time thing, then just run it from a direct shell. Fast, easy.
> > 
> > If this is something generic that you'll have to do repeatedly from a
> > web page, then rearchitect so that it keeps track of state, pulls
> > small numbers at a time, and refreshes every so often to start the
> > process back up to thus continue where it left off.
> > 
> > -Otto
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