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RE: Large databases

From: Jeremy Pulcifer <Jeremy.Pulcifer_at_kadiri.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:03:54 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00582C0C.20030416090354@fatcity.com>


> From: Lyndon Tiu [mailto:ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca]
>
> Ths is real and happened to me last month.
>
> An "Access DBA" told me after seeing my Oracle/Postgresql database ER
> Diagram:
>
> "Your database is too big. I took an Access course last year
> and the instructor mentioned that tables should have no more
> than 4 columns each."

Would it be cruel of me to point out that s/he has a point? Assuming you're talking about a transactional system, of course...

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