From: Martin Gainty
Date: February 16 2010 4:21pm
Subject: RE: how things get messed up
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i agree with jerry

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put date/timestamps on each record..(that way you know when the record was =
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> From: jschwartz@stripped
> To: vikkiatbipl@stripped=3B vegivamp@stripped
> CC: mysql@stripped
> Subject: RE: how things get messed up
> Date: Tue=2C 16 Feb 2010 11:02:22 -0500
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vikram A [mailto:vikkiatbipl@stripped]
> >Sent: Friday=2C February 12=2C 2010 4:13 AM
> >To: Johan De Meersman
> >Cc: MY SQL Mailing list
> >Subject: Re: how things get messed up
> >
> >Sir=2C
> >
> >Thanks for your suggestion=2C
> >I will go for blob storage=2C because our application will maintain the =
data on
> >yearly basis[stupersonal2008=2C stupersonal2009 etc.]. So i feel we may =
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> >such kind of performance issue in our application.
> >
> [JS] It sounds like you are planning to have one table per year. Regardle=
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> where you put your blobs=2C I think that is a bad idea from a design stan=
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> It will make it harder to find historical information.
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> If your database is relatively small=2C then I'd just keep everything in =
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> table. If it is big=2C then roll data that is five years old into an arch=
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> table. That will give you only two places=2C and an easy-to-follow rule t=
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> you where to look.
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> Regards=2C
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