Re: design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-24 Thread Przemys?aw Klein
Wm Mussatto wrote: Assuming you are using MYISAM table types, each table requires at least three files on the disk. If they are in one database they will all be in one directory (how fast is your OS at finding the files in its directory structure?). Are they going to be opened at the same time

Re: design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-24 Thread Wm Mussatto
On Thu, May 24, 2007 2:12, Przemys?aw Klein said: Wm Mussatto wrote: Assuming you are using MYISAM table types, each table requires at least three files on the disk. If they are in one database they will all be in one directory (how fast is your OS at finding the files in its directory

Re: design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-23 Thread Przemysław Klein
Martijn Tonies wrote: Hi, I'm working on quite big database. It consists of about 200 tables. Additionaly about 50 tables are per year (because of annual data). It means every year new 50 tables will have to appear in application. And now I have a question. Should I use separate databases

Re: design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-23 Thread Wm Mussatto
On Tue, May 22, 2007 23:29, Przemysław Klein said: Martijn Tonies wrote: Hi, I'm working on quite big database. It consists of about 200 tables. Additionaly about 50 tables are per year (because of annual data). It means every year new 50 tables will have to appear in application. And now

design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-22 Thread Przemysław Klein
Hi All. I'm working on quite big database. It consists of about 200 tables. Additionaly about 50 tables are per year (because of annual data). It means every year new 50 tables will have to appear in application. And now I have a question. Should I use separate databases for annual data

Re: design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-22 Thread Brent Baisley
. There are limitations to merge tables (i.e. can't be InnoDB), so you need to read up on it to see if it will work for you. - Original Message - From: Przemysław Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:57 AM Subject: design choice - quite many tables Hi

Re: design choice - quite many tables

2007-05-22 Thread Martijn Tonies
Hi, I'm working on quite big database. It consists of about 200 tables. Additionaly about 50 tables are per year (because of annual data). It means every year new 50 tables will have to appear in application. And now I have a question. Should I use separate databases for annual data (i.e.