Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-20 Thread Keith Goodman
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:03 AM, cstrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well it turns out that the db created this way (including the index) is no > smaller than the one with 2400 tables, and the read is no faster! Does that > make any sense? Do you often pull your data one stock at a time? If so

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-20 Thread Ken
have only 1 row per day, if you have more than 1 you'll need to add additional where clause fields or do a Max, min etc. --- On Wed, 8/20/08, cstrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: cstrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie To: "General Dis

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-20 Thread cstrader
;; "General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie > If all 2,400 tables have the same 9 columns you could try using a > single table and adding a column for the

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread Dennis Cote
cstrader wrote: > OK, this seems really helpful, but I'm afraid you've lost me a bit. > > 1. Third normal??? :) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_normal_form for an explanation. > > 2. Your idea would be to have one table that's relatively static, with the > names (and perhaps other

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread Fred Williams
CTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of cstrader Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:24 PM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie OK, this seems really helpful, but I'm afraid you've lost me a bit. 1. Third normal??? :) 2. Your idea wou

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread cstrader
nal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of cstrader > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:53 AM > To: General Discussion of SQLite Database > Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie > > > OK, cool idea... let me try that. >

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread Fred Williams
sday, August 19, 2008 11:53 AM To: General Discussion of SQLite Database Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie OK, cool idea... let me try that. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "General Discussion of

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread cstrader
? - Original Message - From: "Greg Morphis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie > Also why are you adding new c

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread Greg Morphis
t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "General Discussion of SQLite Database" > <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:51 PM > Subject: Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie > > >> If all 2,400 tables have the same

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread cstrader
OK, cool idea... let me try that. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "General Discussion of SQLite Database" <sqlite-users@sqlite.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [sqlite

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread Jeff Hamilton
If all 2,400 tables have the same 9 columns you could try using a single table and adding a column for the ticker of the stock and then add an index to that column to allow quick lookups based on the ticker. -Jeff On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:44 AM, .:UgumugU:. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi

Re: [sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread .:UgumugU:.
Hi cstrader, Just send some table structure and the explain what you are trying todo. In my opinion it is not a good way to deal with 2400 tables :) ugumugu cstrader yazm?s,: > I'm just starting with SQLite (from vb.net) and could use some advice. > > I have a set of 2400 (could get

[sqlite] 2 Questions from a newbie

2008-08-19 Thread cstrader
I'm just starting with SQLite (from vb.net) and could use some advice. I have a set of 2400 (could get substantially higher) tables in a single database (each table contains daily stock prices for a different stock). Each table has 9 columns (all text for now) and some several thousand rows. So