Should a long field be separated into its own table?

From: Henry K. Yu <hyu_at_eng.umd.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 1994 13:58:25 GMT
Message-ID: <32ame1$np2_at_mojo.eng.umd.edu>


I was recently informed that a long field should be separated into its own table with key. For example, Table1 should be truned into Table2a and Table2b below. Does this really help in query performance?

Table1:  key, f1, f2, f3, f4, longfield
Table2a: key, f1, f2, f3, f4
Table2b: key, longfield

Regards, Henry Yu hyu_at_glue.umd.edu Received on Wed Aug 10 1994 - 15:58:25 CEST

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