-----Original Message----- From: Jay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:32 AM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] Proposal: limit the number of columns in a table to 2000.
> > A stupid question: > > > > Why introduce more code, one more thing to test, > > and possibly bugs? Is there a problem that needs fixing? > > > > There is code in SQLite that has to deal with the general > case of tables with millions or billions of columns. That > code can be simplified (and made faster) if we know that > the maximum number of columns is some reasonable limit, > such as 2000. Oh. Go for it! The concensus seems to be 1820 is more than enough. If anyone uses even a significant fraction of that we have list members who will assault them with book bludgeons! Might I suggest "Databases For Dummies." Much more relevant and significantly heavier. Fred
