Re: [PERFORM] large table vs multiple smal tables

2005-07-14 Thread Kenneth Marshall
Nicolas, These sizes would not be considered large. I would leave them as single tables. Ken On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:08:54PM +0200, Nicolas Beaume wrote: > Hello > > I have a large database with 4 large tables (each containing at least > 200 000 rows, perhaps even 1 or 2 million) and i ask

Re: [PERFORM] large table vs multiple smal tables

2005-07-14 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:08:54PM +0200, Nicolas Beaume wrote: > Hello > > I have a large database with 4 large tables (each containing at least > 200 000 rows, perhaps even 1 or 2 million) and i ask myself if it's > better to split them into small tables (e.g tables of 2000 rows) to > speed t

[PERFORM] large table vs multiple smal tables

2005-07-13 Thread Nicolas Beaume
Hello I have a large database with 4 large tables (each containing at least 200 000 rows, perhaps even 1 or 2 million) and i ask myself if it's better to split them into small tables (e.g tables of 2000 rows) to speed the access and the update of those tables (considering that i will have few