Slow Layer Display

[Arun K Chanumalla]

Hello Everyone,
iam a newbie to mapserver and this is my
first post.i have an elevation data shape file which has as many as
4344711 records in the .dbf file.This shape file is taking  7--8 mins to
get completely displayed on the browser.

iam assuming that delay in display time is due to the large numebr of
records in the .dbf file.

is there a way to speed up the process of displaying the shapefile.
iam using PHP and html.

All your suggestions are welcome

Regards
Arun