Mysql自定义报告系统的最佳方法

Question

I have database of about 5 tables. I am going to need to get reports from the data in these tables with multiple join's etc. quite often. I was going to build a reporting feature in PHP but was wondering the best approach. I only have a MyISAM engine and it cannot be changed. The best way I can think of is to create 2 of each table and use a trigger to write the same row to both tables, and grabbing reports from one set only. If you think there is a better way than this I would love to try it!

Answer 1

I would just set up replication and run all my reports on the slave. I do this for a couple of systems I run. Usually a separate VPS so that reporting load doesn't affect anything in production.