M, Monday, October 28, 2002, 2:55:44 PM, you wrote: >>Monday, October 28, 2002, 2:00:28 PM, you wrote: >> >>MS> At 13:36 +0200 28-10-2002, Victoria Reznichenko wrote: >> >>MdB> 2) How many entries can one single table have? >>>>MdB> (The absolute maximum) >>>> >>>>There are no limits on number of rows.
>>MS> What if the values for Primary Key run out? >> >>You get "Duplicate key" error. >> >>MS> Can you use a unsigned bigint as Primary Key? >> >>MS> I mean, we /have/ to store the properties of sandgrains in the Sahara >*somewhere*, right :-) >> >>The maximum unsigned bigint value is not the same as "limits on number of rows", is >it? MS> Hey, you tell me, I'm just a MySQL newbie :-) MS> Just wondering if there exists a theoretical maximum, even if no one will ever reach it, it'd be good ammo in the preferred-dbserver-wars Oops, I was wrong .. There is limit on number of rows .. 4 billions of rows per table, but you can extend it by re-compiling MySQL .. MS> "My database can hold a larger infinite number of rows than your database!" :-) -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [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
