On 25/07/06, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Bisma Jayadi wrote:
>> I would consider 250 tables rather moderate.
>
> Wow... if 250 tables still considered as moderate, I wonder how many tables
> will you considered as huge? I've build some large scale database application
> but I never use more than 200-300 tables. If the tables more than 300 (max
> 500, IMO) then I think there's something wrong with the system design, and
> the system need to be redesigned or separated.
In enterprise class systems 500 tables or more is not uncommon.
Indeed. 250 tables would be limiting. There are certainly bigger
applications that
have more than that. For example I've worked on a project with Geneva
billing system
and that database was huge in number of tables and views.
Cheers,
Adrian Maier
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