Re: How many fields in a table are too many - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Jason Underdown
Subject Re: How many fields in a table are too many
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In response to How many fields in a table are too many  (MT <m_tessier@sympatico.ca>)
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Generally speaking, no, not at all.  Probably the question you should be
asking yourself is:  "Is there a way I could move some of these fields into
other tables?"  But, depending upon your application, putting your database
schema into some esoteric normal form may be overkill.

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> Hi,
>
> Just a quick question, not unrelated to my previous question,
> which I don't think will get answered. I have a table with 13
> fields. Is that too many fields for one table.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
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