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# oh well... i'll give it a go, most of the columns will be storing boolean values
and there will only be a couple with any sizable amount of data in...
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 11:36, archived)
# the storage for a boolean in mysql is actually 2048K

*lies through teeth*
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 11:43, archived)
# hahahahaha
you <sub>ed that enough that i nearly didn't notice it
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 11:46, archived)
# well if it's mostly boolean
then you should be fine for hundreds probably even thousands of rows.
(I helped save b3ta! dazzla - Just blew up his shuttle and potentially lost all pr0n, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 11:46, archived)
# grand stuff...
*prepares unnesecarily long select statements*
(I helped save b3ta! lemony, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 11:49, archived)
# rows or columns...?!
don`t do thousands of columns (fields man... use the correct term!), whether or not the database supports it
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 11:55, archived)
# arse
i did actually mean rows, thousands of fields (thanks for the correction) would be hideous to use.
(I helped save b3ta! dazzla - Just blew up his shuttle and potentially lost all pr0n, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 12:04, archived)
# Technically attributes
and tuples instead of rows

/splitting hairs
(I helped save b3ta! dingochutney *parp*, Wed 2 Feb 2005, 12:07, archived)