On Mar 17, 2010, at 4:41 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> Awhile back, Ed and Kevin wrote some nice apps to convert your DBFs into
> MySQL tables. At the time, there was some idea that making your column
> width in multiples of 8 was a good thing for MySQL to optimize (I'm
> guessing because of internal word sizes?).
>
> Is this still the case, does anyone know? Or is it now a moot point?
I think that that was an early optimization for the MyISAM engine, but
I doubt that it is necessary anymore. I haven't thought about it in a while
until you just mentioned it.
-- Ed Leafe
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