> This is why I mention partitioning. It solves this issue by storing  
> different data sets on different machines under the same schema.  These 
> seperate chunks of the table can then be replicated as well for  data 
> redundancy and so on. MySQL are working on these things
*laff*
Yeah, like they've been working on views for the last 5 years, and still 
haven't released them :D :D :D
Chris