Splitting table

how many record mysql can store? if my average record add in is 1500, should i split the table into 2? Thanks.I'm for sure on mySQL, but your average SQL type server shouldn't have any problems with a table in the single thousands.

The speed of a table depends very little on the size of them and more on how they're constructed.

For instance if this a sample of one of my tables:

loginName | First Name | Last Name | Phone | User Type

putts | Ryan | Putman | (888)979-0101 | Administrator
bjones | Bob | Jones | (898)333-1212 | User
jsmith | John | Smith | (121)343-5656 | User


This is what I'd to the table to make it quicker:

  1. Add a autonumber ID - this gives me something uniqe that isn't a text field which I can retrieve records with
    I would not store the formatting on the phone number cuz a number stores quicker
    I would create a table for User Types and just store an index number in my table
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    Basically numbers are quicker and can make size not matter so much.now what do you mean by 1500 records? do you mean 1500 rows?

    I just have to say that mysql will hold more than access. so take that for an answer. :)

    I have had a table up to 84000 rows. ran just fine. but if you get that high than I would suggest indexing.
 
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