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- 24Good lord, what the heck for. This smells like an insanely poor database design. Or perhaps you are using the wrong tool for the job. Perhaps you should be looking at database normalizationZoredache– Zoredache2011-07-20 07:27:42 +00:00Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 7:27
- 12Rotate your monitor 90 degrees. More seriously, MySQL (or almost any other RDBMS) is not designed for THAT many columns.Janne Pikkarainen– Janne Pikkarainen2011-07-20 07:29:04 +00:00Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 7:29
- 12And why should 2000 sensors lead to 2000 columns? Redesign your database. Create a separate sensor table or something, but DO NOT add each sensor as a new column. That's just unbelievably wrong thing to do.Janne Pikkarainen– Janne Pikkarainen2011-07-20 07:35:26 +00:00Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 7:35
- 7Maximum table number ... whoa there! You'll likely need only couple of tables. Don't even consider creating 2000 tables instead of 2000 columns!Janne Pikkarainen– Janne Pikkarainen2011-07-20 07:45:29 +00:00Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 7:45
- 2Please, Please, Please read about Database Normalization!Chris S– Chris S2011-07-20 13:28:54 +00:00Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 13:28
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