<p>I'm still loading the blockchain into my database, but are you starting Abe with the --config option pointing to your configuration file?</p>

<p>See line 49 in <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe/blob/master/README-MYSQL.txt" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe/blob/master/README-MYSQL.txt</a></p>

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2013-10-24T21:34:04.800Z
Yes I specify the absolute path to the config file when firing up abe, still nothing working :(
ManreeRist
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Did you ever find a solution for this? I am having the same problem.
Jeff Thomas
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2013-10-23T02:48:37.193Z
2013-10-23T02:48:37.193Z
bkp
<p>After getting abe set up and running, I tried querying it, eg: <code>...:2750/chain/Bitcoin</code> .. but looking at the abe output, I notice every page load - abe was opening the blk00000.dat  file rather than using MySQL [which I have configured abe to use].</p>

<p>My abe.conf looks like this;</p>

<pre><code>dbtype MySQLdb
connect-args {"user":"test","db":"abe","passwd":"test"}
upgrade
port 2750
host localhost
</code></pre>

<p>I have checked the 'abe' MySQL database and the data is in there, I am just unable to figure out why abe isn't querying that and instead opening the blk00000.dat file. . . which is making every request I make to abe unbearably slow. </p>

<p>So my question is:
How to make Abe query MySQL instead of reading from the bitcoin block.dat for each request ?</p>

<transactions><blockchain><bitcoind><abe>
How to make Abe query MySQL instead of reading from the bitcoin block.dat for each request?
ManreeRist
# How to make Abe query MySQL instead of reading from the bitcoin block.dat for each request?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-10-10)

After getting abe set up and running, I tried querying it, eg: `...:2750/chain/Bitcoin` .. but looking at the abe output, I notice every page load - abe was opening the blk00000.dat file rather than using MySQL [which I have configured abe to use].

My abe.conf looks like this;

```
dbtype MySQLdb
connect-args {"user":"test","db":"abe","passwd":"test"}
upgrade
port 2750
host localhost

```

I have checked the 'abe' MySQL database and the data is in there, I am just unable to figure out why abe isn't querying that and instead opening the blk00000.dat file. . . which is making every request I make to abe unbearably slow.

So my question is:
How to make Abe query MySQL instead of reading from the bitcoin block.dat for each request ?

**Tags:** transactions, blockchain, bitcoind, abe


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-10-23. Score: 1

I'm still loading the blockchain into my database, but are you starting Abe with the --config option pointing to your configuration file?

See line 49 in <https://github.com/bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe/blob/master/README-MYSQL.txt>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yes I specify the absolute path to the config file when firing up abe, still nothing working :(  
> **username_2**: Did you ever find a solution for this? I am having the same problem.  

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