David Wall wrote: > If I have various record types that are "one up" records that are > structurally similar (same columns) and are mostly retrieved one at a > time by its primary key, is there any performance or operational benefit > to having millions of such records split across multiple tables (say by > their application-level purpose) rather than all in one big table? Probably doesn't matter if you're accessing by pkey (and hence index). Certainly not when you're talking about a few million rows. Arrange your tables so they have meaning and only change that if necessary. -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general