Bug #38203 5.1 inserts spend a lot of time in the "closing table" thread state
Submitted: 17 Jul 2008 16:03 Modified: 29 Aug 2008 23:55
Reporter: Eric Jensen Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
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Category:MySQL Server Severity:S5 (Performance)
Version:5.1.25 OS:Linux (x86_64)
Assigned to: MySQL Verification Team CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: closing, table

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