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Re: Loop through array, change headings

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On 1/2/2014 10:39 AM, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> 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.
>

I may be wrong - but I think he meant that was another richardism.

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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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