David Wall wrote:
> If I have various record types that are "one up" records that are
> structurally similar (same columns) and are mostly retrieved one at a
> time by its primary key, is there any performance or operational benefit
> to having millions of such records split across multiple tables (say by
> their application-level purpose) rather than all in one big table?
Probably doesn't matter if you're accessing by pkey (and hence index).
Certainly not when you're talking about a few million rows. Arrange your
tables so they have meaning and only change that if necessary.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
