Optimizing MySQL tables

All database driven applications come with a front-end or client side application that communicates with a backend database to store or fetch data. Very often we encounter delay in this process and blame our computer or the connection that we are using. However, this slow speed can also be the result of badly defined or non-existent indexes fixing which can lead to better performance.

In this tip, the author explains the importance of properly indexed tables and use of query optimizer and analyzer in MySQL.

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