How to disable index in innodb

Question

I\'m trying to speed up bulk insert in an InnoDB table by temporary disabling its indexes:

ALTER TABLE mytable DISABLE KEYS;

But it gives

Answer 1

to reduce the costs for re-calculating the indexes you should insert the data either using DATA INFILE or using Mysql Multi Row Inserts, like

INSERT INTO tbl_name (a,b,c) VALUES(1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9);

-> so inserting several rows with one statement.

How many rows one can insert with one statement depends on the max_allowed_packet mysql setting.