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So it would be the settings dictating the cache size that determines how long the record stays in cache?

Theoretical.

My original post was the question that was asked of me. Would it have anything to do with these settings? http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/mysqlperformance.htm

Probably? I'm not familiar with the caching abilities of MySQL so I read through some documentation and user posts about it, but I'm still confused. I think because of the way the question was asked of me, I figured there was an actual time setting somewhere. Does the query cache has an actual time setting or is the time based on the number of queries ahead of the query in question?

Hi all. What setting dictates the time that a record will stay in the cache?