>> Can I spare some bytes in my DB by defining the ID field of the  
>> standard
>> table as being a foreign key of the rtree table? In other words, when
>> defining a foreign key, is the coloumn referencing the ID field of the
>> foreign table and thus NOT replicating them (using a smaller memory
>> footprint in the file)?
>> Or does the table which has a foreign key still have its own ID  
>> coloumn?
>>     
> The ID column is replicated in each table.
>   
Is there a construct in sqlite which would allow a coulumn to be shared amongst 
tables in such a way that the data is there only once, thus creating a smaller 
file?

In the example provided, the iDs are exactly the same, yet they are there 
twice...



Christophe Leske

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