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MyISAM serializes each table to a single file on disk (well, three files, one each for the definition, data and indexes). Would you consider MySQL to be a flat
by mappu 12y ago
MyISAM serializes each table to a single file on disk (well, three files, one each for the definition, data and indexes).
Would you consider MySQL to be a flat file database?
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- couchand 12y agoI wouldn't, but I'm not really an expert here. If every table is three files, that implies a non-trivial database would be dozens of files. I suppose the other use of "flat file" I've heard is a flat directory with no sub-directories, but I've never heard that applied to a "flat file database".