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What is the correct model for related tables with millions of rows?

I need to create a question and answer tables that will have millions (maybe billions) of rows. The current model is: Question Table id_question (PK, auto increment) id_user question_content ...
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Database schema design help needed

I am developing a PHP application expecting millions of records both parent and children. My goal is to design an optimized database design to achieve high speed and performance. This application ...
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Could too many idle connections affect PostgreSQL 9.2 performance?

Some queries on my database server seem to take a long time to respond, and I believe the CPU usage is high. When running ps aux, I see ~250 "idle" connections (which I believe to be too many). I ...
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SQL Database Structure for RESTful API

I am creating a RESTful API. I am struggling to decide on the best way to design my database tables around my resources. Initially, I though a table per resource would be a good way to go, but I'm ...
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Design database to query a date range for scheduling

I am designing a db that should include a table with fields for datetime scheduling, so as I know what kind of queries will be made​​ periodically I would like to design the table for them to be as ...
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Topics and posts represented by one table or two?

I'm currently building a forum component for a larger application and I'm considering different approaches to certain parts of the database schema. In particular, I am considering representing topics ...
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What is the best relationship model for high performance?

I want to model a relationship between Customer and Transaction. However, because Customer is only described by a unique string and no extra info, I have two possibilities to implement it in the ...
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MI Data Warehouse Advice

I have recently started a new job and part of my remit is to try to rescue the Management Information (MI) Data Warehouse. I use the term Data Warehouse very loosely here! The server setup is: ...
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What should I use? A string or 15 integer fields?

I am developing a student tracking program where I need to store 15 exam marks. I can store the marks as a string and split them up when I need to, for purposes such as performing arithmetical ...
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which option is better for not slow down the performance of queries?

I am developing a system that records customer payments, when a customer makes a payment, the system must update the account and show the payment made and all previous payments, is here when the ...
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Can spatial index help a “range - order by - limit” query

Asking this question, specifically for Postgres, as it has good supoort for R-tree/spatial indexes. We have the following table with a tree structure (Nested Set model) of words and their ...
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Performance of query with a range condition and order by

We have the following table (in SQLite on Android) which a tree structure (Nested Set model) of words and their frequencies: lexikon ------- _id integer PRIMARY KEY word text frequency integer ...
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Does this cause overhead ? Select name from User where user_name LIKE '%alex%'

I'm wondering if this statement can cause real overhead if many concurrent users send the same request to mySQL InnoDB storage engine. Let's say I have a table that has the user_name, and someone want ...
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Oracle ash report

Recently, i have been handed over with an ash report from DBA. To me this report is like french. I have no idea what it is about and what all is written in this report. Can someone please guide me in ...
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Separate Address Table, Latitude, Longitude

We are designing a DB for a limited functionality social networking application. Users (Registered Users), Retail Outlets, etc are several entities we need to store. We need to store Address of each ...
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Help me to better design my query so I can gain more performance

I need to find so called first entry in database for items regarding their partners. I wrote query and it is giving me correct results but it sucks with performances. I suspect that I have missed ...