--- flow-tools-0.68/src/flow-export.c.orig	2005-12-12 11:10:24.000000000 -0600
+++ flow-tools-0.68/src/flow-export.c	2005-12-12 15:55:18.000000000 -0600
@@ -749,6 +749,13 @@
 	db_name, db_port, NULL, 0) == NULL) 
     fterr_errx(1,"mysql_real_connect(): %s\n", mysql_error(&mysql));
 
+  /* LOCK Table for faster INSERTs */
+  strcpy (query, "LOCK TABLES ");
+  strcat (query, db_table);
+  strcat (query, " WRITE");
+  if (mysql_real_query(&mysql, query, strlen(query)) != 0) 
+    fterr_warnx("mysql_real_query(): %s", mysql_error(&mysql));
+
   /* foreach flow */
   while ((rec = ftio_read(ftio))) {
 
@@ -758,7 +765,7 @@
     if (len) {
       strcpy (query, "INSERT INTO ");
       strcat (query, db_table);
-      strcat (query, "(");
+      strcat (query, " (");
       strcat (query, fields);
       strcat (query, ") VALUES (");
       strcat (query, values);
@@ -777,6 +784,11 @@
 
   } /* while */
 
+  /* LOCK Table for faster INSERTs */
+  strcpy (query, "UNLOCK TABLES");
+  if (mysql_real_query(&mysql, query, strlen(query)) != 0) 
+    fterr_warnx("mysql_real_query(): %s", mysql_error(&mysql));
+
   /* close database */
   mysql_close(&mysql);
 
@@ -1465,7 +1477,7 @@
 
 void usage(void) {
 
-  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: flow-export [-l (long ips)] [-h] [-d debug_level] [-f format] [-m mask_fields] -u [database URI]\n");
+  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: flow-export [-h] [-d debug_level] [-f format] [-l (long ips)] [-m mask_fields] -u [database URI]\n");
   fprintf(stderr, "\n%s version %s: built by %s\n", PACKAGE, VERSION, FT_PROG_BUILD);