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From: Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan@ochtman.nl>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:22:33 +0100
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Subject: Re: multiple database or many doc types in one database?
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Cc: Dominic Tarr <dominic.tarr@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 05:51, Dominic Tarr <dominic.tarr@gmail.com> wrote:
> is it a good idea to
>
> =C2=A01. separate documents for different types of thing into different
> databases?
>
> or is it better to
>
> =C2=A02. just have a type=3D'whatever' and check for that in your views?

I always just use 2, having separate types in the same db,
distinguishing them by the value of the "type" field.

> I'm starting to think that 2 is enough seperation, and 2 is silly.
>
> are there any reason to use 2, except maybe to stop keys colliding? (whic=
h
> is easy enough to do in other ways...)

These sentences seem a little confused...

Cheers,

Dirkjan