Re: Many small tables vs. Few large tables

From: Shawn Lavin <shawn_at_mdli.com>
Date: 1996/10/16
Message-ID: <shawn-ya023180001610961518280001_at_newsserver.mdli.com>#1/1


In article <01bbba62$217508a0$1f7727a3_at_dsur.uhd.com>, "Douglas Sur" <doug.sur_at_citicorp.com> wrote:

> Given one system with many small tables versus a system with a
 few large
> tables, which design is a more performance hog?

You may as well ask "Feathers or Lead ?"...

Without a clearer picture of the data, the way it is indexed, the queries and the load on the database, any answer is meaningless.

-- 
Shawn Lavin (mailto: shawn_at_mdli.com)
As always, my opinions are my own
Received on Wed Oct 16 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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