--- Tedit kap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Question: I am building a site that is mainly a news portal site about
> several categories of a specific subject... There will be other elements too
> but it will be mainly a news portal site. What makes more sense - to create
> separate databases for each category and then build news and othertables
> under each db, or can I just use one db and build many tables under it, news
> tables for each category, and other tables for each category. In the long
> run, what makes more sense? As far as backing up, updating data, add more
> tables in time, writing php to pull data, other aspects i can not thinnk
> of...Any advice? This is the first time I am creating dtabases so I am having
> hard time to see the long term...I mean, medium size or big newsportal
> websites for example, how would they do, with a lot of different databases
> and few tables under, or with few databases with many tables under? Thanks

One database.  As many tables as you need.

James Keeline

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