Re: [GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread Shane Ambler
Kynn Jones wrote: I'm hoping to get some advice on a design question I'm grappling with. I have a database now that in many respects may be regarded as an collection of a few hundred much smaller "parallel databases", all having the same schema. What I mean by this is that, as far as the intend

Re: [GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread Kynn Jones
Thank you very much for your replies. Given the differences in the opinions expressed, I thought I would describe the database briefly. The purpose of the database is basically translation of terms. Imagine a collection of disjoint sets A, B, C, ... Now imagine that for each element of a set mul

Re: [GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread Kevin Kempter
On Tuesday 28 August 2007 06:32:32 A. Kretschmer wrote: > am Tue, dem 28.08.2007, um 14:23:00 +0200 mailte Kamil Srot folgendes: > > Kynn Jones wrote: > > >I'm hoping to get some advice on a design question I'm grappling with. > > > I have a database now that in many respects may be regarded as an

Re: [GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Tue, dem 28.08.2007, um 8:08:36 -0400 mailte Kynn Jones folgendes: > I'm hoping to get some advice on a design question I'm grappling with. > I have a database now that in many respects may be regarded as an > collection of a few hundred much smaller "parallel databases", all > having the sam

Re: [GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Tue, dem 28.08.2007, um 14:23:00 +0200 mailte Kamil Srot folgendes: > > Kynn Jones wrote: > >I'm hoping to get some advice on a design question I'm grappling with. > > I have a database now that in many respects may be regarded as an > >collection of a few hundred much smaller "parallel databa

Re: [GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread Kamil Srot
Kynn Jones wrote: I'm hoping to get some advice on a design question I'm grappling with. I have a database now that in many respects may be regarded as an collection of a few hundred much smaller "parallel databases", all having the same schema. What I mean by this is that, as far as the inten

[GENERAL] One database vs. hundreds?

2007-08-28 Thread Kynn Jones
I'm hoping to get some advice on a design question I'm grappling with. I have a database now that in many respects may be regarded as an collection of a few hundred much smaller "parallel databases", all having the same schema. What I mean by this is that, as far as the intended use of this parti