Re: Number of fields in a record - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Kenneth Marshall
Subject Re: Number of fields in a record
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Msg-id 20110105204205.GA5474@aart.is.rice.edu
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In response to Number of fields in a record  (JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 02:20:32PM -0600, JORGE MALDONADO wrote:
> I am designing a table which will have about 70 fields per record and I
> wonder if this is a big number. The data types are boolean,
> varchar(maxlength), time, integer, smallint and numeric mainly.
> I will appreciate your comments to this respect.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jorge Maldonado

No, that is not a large number of fields. It is usually more
important that the table schema be normalized.

Cheers,
Ken

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