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From dj00302003@yahoo.com (Jay Davis)
Subject How to turn flat file to SQL
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Responses Re: How to turn flat file to SQL  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Hi,

I'm new to SQL but we want to turn some of our flat files into
SQL databases.  The flat file is the result of a survey (think of
a test) where there are some multiple choice questions, and
a bunch of "T/F" questions.  The T/F questions are just checked
boxes, which we can think of as keywords that a person chooses.

The question is, can we put this into a SQL database just as a
flat file, ie as one table, with one column per question, or should
we break it into several tables, for instance with a table of
the "keywords" (the boxes that can be checked).  Is there any
problem on a typical Linux box with running PostgreSql database
with one table of 120 columns?

Thanks,

J.

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