[wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-07 Thread Scott Glasgow
] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:46 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases Cheryl, Matt, Stephen, Rudy, I've grasped that now; thank you all. Database is really the functioning environment for interpreting tables. I have taken a few faltering steps to writing code

[wdvltalk] Re: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Joseph, Smile Poet
Matt, It was the wdvl-talk endorsement of 34sp over two years ago that got me there! I agree that the service is excellent and I felt what is offered is very good indeed for the money. What I was wondering was whether the price for a database was a good one since I had no idea that it needed

[wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Joseph, You probably don't need more than one database which can hold many tables. Cheryl D. Wise Certified Professional Web Developer MS-MVP-FrontPage www.wiserways.com mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713.353.0139 Office -Original Message- From: Joseph, Smile Poet Now that I might

[wdvltalk] Re: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 19:22, Joseph, Smile Poet wrote: Matt, I would be happy staying with 34sp on the basis of what I have experienced with them. I suppose the other question is: how much can one stuff in a database? I'm currently running a database with 11 tables in it, this may scale

[wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Joseph, Smile Poet
Cheryl, I have gathered that one database needs many tables to give it flexibility and minimise space, but are you saying that sets of table on different subjects can be stored in one database?Say a membership records table, and, say, a complex record of articles detailing time of writing

[wdvltalk] Re: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Stephen Caudill
--- Joseph, Smile Poet wrote: --- : I would be happy staying with 34sp on the basis of what I have : experienced with them. I suppose the other question is: how : much can one stuff in a database? : : Joseph Joe, I currently use a host at which I have only one

[wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Cheryl D. Wise
Yes, you can have multiple sets of tables for different projects in one database. I have one portal database that has 35 tables in it ranging from tables for ad categories, to members, to tables for keeping track of votes. Multiple tables are used in the process of normalization which basically

[wdvltalk] RE: Hosting cost - databases

2004-01-06 Thread Joseph, Smile Poet
Cheryl, Matt, Stephen, Rudy, I've grasped that now; thank you all. Database is really the functioning environment for interpreting tables. I have taken a few faltering steps to writing code and understanding some terms but I will be asking next what is 'array'.Somehow I can't visualise