Noah, Sunday, January 20, 2002, 1:55:00 AM, you wrote:
NS> The problem is that 20,000 tables can be a bit unwieldy for mysql to NS> handle. I don't think it will be a sore work for MySQL to support more than 20,000 tables, but it's up to a inode limit on the filesystem on your OS. As Russel King correctly remarked, it's probably better to store all your 18M in one table. NS> If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them. NS> -N -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php