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Peter H. Coffin wrote:

> Denis McMahon wrote:
>> Norman Peelman wrote:
>>> The whole idea behind relational databases is to set things up so that
>>> you don't need to make changes like that.
>>
>> Norman, remember that richard is the guy that sets up a separate table
>> for each year's records because that's more sensible (in richard
>> land[1]) than having a year field in the record table.
>>
>> [1] Any semblance of richard land to cloud cuckoo land is probably not
>> coincidental.
> 
> I think there was something about that helping to manage the size of the
> tables as well. Because any database will break if you put more than a
> couple thousand rows into a table...

Peter, please don't recommend the place you found that information as any 
kind of reputable reference site. I've worked with databases that had 
literally millions of records in single tables.

If your "database" consists of an Excel spreadsheet, you may have a minor 
point.

-- 
   -bts
   -This space for rent, but the price is high

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Loop through array, change headings Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-31 21:08 +0000
  Re: Loop through array, change headings Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-31 21:22 +0000
    Re: Loop through array, change headings Adrienne Boswell <arbpen@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-31 23:40 +0000
  Re: Loop through array, change headings richard <noreply@example.com> - 2013-12-31 17:06 -0500
    Re: Loop through array, change headings Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-12-31 23:00 +0000
      Re: Loop through array, change headings richard <noreply@example.com> - 2013-12-31 19:19 -0500
        Re: Loop through array, change headings Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 00:39 +0000
        Re: Loop through array, change headings "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2014-01-01 00:56 +0000
        Re: Loop through array, change headings Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-12-31 20:50 -0500
          Re: Loop through array, change headings richard <noreply@example.com> - 2013-12-31 21:08 -0500
            Re: Loop through array, change headings Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-12-31 21:43 -0500
            Re: Loop through array, change headings "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2014-01-01 03:24 +0000
            Re: Loop through array, change headings Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-01 03:26 +0000
        Re: Loop through array, change headings Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-01-01 18:01 +0100
        Re: Loop through array, change headings Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2014-01-02 06:23 -0500
          Re: Loop through array, change headings Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-02 13:09 +0000
            Re: Loop through array, change headings "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-01-02 09:20 -0600
              Re: Loop through array, change headings "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2014-01-02 15:39 +0000
                Re: Loop through array, change headings Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-01-02 10:52 -0500
                Re: Loop through array, change headings "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> - 2014-01-02 16:43 +0000
                Re: Loop through array, change headings "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-01-05 18:23 -0600
                Re: Loop through array, change headings "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2014-01-05 18:37 -0600
              Re: Loop through array, change headings Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-01-02 18:04 +0000
    Re: Loop through array, change headings Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-01-01 17:56 +0100

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