Cheers. The only limit I've hit so far on 365 tables, was the max number of open files, so I've ramped that up and its working fine at the moment.
Jerry --------------------- Jeremy Hutchings Apps R&D Cable and Wireless --------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Soares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: Re: Merge table limit > Hi, > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 09:33, Jerry wrote: > > Hello all. > > > > Does any one know, or can anyone point me in the direction of the limits of > > a number of tables I can put in a union of a merge table, I can figure out > > what the sql would be. > > Don't know if there is a limit.. > But you must take into account the number of file descriptors a merge > table uses... Instead of only two per user, it would be > number_of_tables+1 file descriptors per user. > > So, maybe the limit is defined by the number of file descriptors your OS > can have. (but i'm only assuming, i'm not shure). > > > I have daily tables for an application that average about 25000000 rows (2.5 > > million) , I want to make a merge table for a year that will encompass them > > all (i.e. 9.1 billion rows). > > > > Has anyone had 365 tables in a merge table ? or more ? > > Only less than 10.. :-( > > > Thanks > > Jerry > > > > --------------------- > > Jeremy Hutchings > > Apps R&D > > Cable and Wireless > > --------------------- > > > -- > Diana Soares > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
