Re: Number of tables

From: Jochen Erwied <jochen(at)pgsql-performance(dot)erwied(dot)eu>
To: Fabio La Farcioli <fabio(dot)lafarcioli(at)molinoalimonti(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Number of tables
Date: 2009-08-20 07:49:12
Message-ID: 1286032546.20090820094912@erwied.eu
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Thursday, August 20, 2009, 9:01:30 AM you wrote:

> i am developing a web app for thousands users (1.000/2.000).

> Each user have a 2 table of work...I finally have 2.000 (users) x 2
> tables = 4.000 tables!

If all tables are created equal, I would rethink the design. Instead of
using 2 tables per user I'd use 2 tables with one column specifying the
user(-id).

Especially changes in table layout would require you to change up to 2000
tables, which is prone to errors...

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