| From: | Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Performance issues of one vs. two split tables. |
| Date: | 2007-05-14 20:58:41 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.64.0705141358120.6830@salmo.appl-ecosys.com |
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On Mon, 14 May 2007, PFC wrote:
> I did something like that on MySQL some time ago.
> In the Users table there was stuff that other users need to see (like
> his login name, etc), and stuff that only this user needs to see (like his
> preferences).
> So, when displaying posts in the forum, for instance, only a small
> part of the fields in the Users table was needed, the rest was just dead
> weight, that made the table unable to fit in RAM.
> So I split the table, and it was faster.
>
> However, you can also buy more RAM...
Or, use Views without paying more.
Rich
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