Re: Number of tables

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Craig James<craig_james@emolecules.com> wrote:
> Fabio La Farcioli wrote:
>>
>> i am developing a web app for thousands users (1.000/2.000).
>>
>> Each user have a 2 table of work...I finally have 2.000 (users) x 2 tables
>> = 4.000 tables!
>>
>> Postgres support an elevate number of tables??
>> i have problem of performance ???

What you want is a multi-column primary key where userid is part of
the key. You don't want to have a separate table for each user unless
each user has their own unique set of columns.


> When the user logs back in, a hidden part of the login process gets a table
> from the pool of available tables, assigns it to this user, and copies the
> user's  data from the archive into this personal table.  They are now ready
> to work. This whole process takes just a fraction of a second for most
> users.

And what does all this accomplish?


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