One big database or multiple small databases
Posted by: Karel Bokhorst
Date: March 06, 2006 03:01PM

LS,

I have an apllication where a client logs in with username and password.

The application is a sort of event manager where i need to store the name of the event and the dates that the event (re)occurs.
So my line of thought is to create a table "event1" with the name of the event and a table "event1_dates" with all the dates ( single days, not periods)
Maximum number of events is for the moment 5. So I create the tables "event2" and "event2_dates" etc.

So far so good.
But now for the next client. Do I create a new database for this client (name of the database binds to the client_id in the main user_admin database) or should I solve this in the same database with a construct with tablenames like "client_id_event1_date" etc.

If business goes well ;-) i expect up to a 1000 clients. I have a provider that allows me unlimited databases, but not unlimited storage space.

Anybody like to comment or share his/her thoughts on the pros and cons of either solution.

Many thanks

karel

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