I have a Mysql DB schema which consists of some core tables in a database 'core'. Then I have about 22 separate databases which have between 20 - 150 tables a piece. I normally will stay within one of the daughter databases but occasionally have to mine data from one of its sisters. I would rather not change the currently selected database via a 'USE dbname' command but would rather use the dbname in the select. Example:
SELECT alias.id FROM dbname.tablename AS alias WHERE... My question is how inefficient is that? I am concerned with switching databases frequently because I don't want to use hundreds of file descriptors - I have modified the default variables in my.cnf and increased the ulimit in safe_mysqd (using FreeBSD). However, I simply don't want to be using tons of file descriptors that will only be interfaced with once. -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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