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from: GEORGE CLARK
date: 1997-04-22 12:35:00
subject: Databases vs Tables

I am in the process of moving from FoxBase+ to FoxPro to Visual FoxPro (all 
on the Macintosh).
I am primarily skipping FoxPro and jumping straight to VFP.
Now for my question, which is the better method (and why)?
Put all related tables into one big database.
  It looks like this way only one call to use the database loads everything.
Put only each related set of tables into separate databases.
  Can use each database separately and may be able to write separate modules 
without the extra overhead.
Non-related tables remain as Free Tables.
  Not sure why this is good or bad.
George Clark
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