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Specialist II
Specialist II

Need Clarification

Hi Community,

I have 10 tables, all data required in 10 tables, and i have 5 to 10 fields are same in the tables.


Which one is better??


Concatenate or Link table??

Please anyone can explain...!!!

6 Replies
jagan
Partner - Champion III
Partner - Champion III

Hi,

Go for Link table, if all tables are having different data and common fields.

Regards,

jagan.

qv_testing
Specialist II
Specialist II
Author

Hi Jagan,

Thanks for reply,

I have 3 tables almost same fileds.

Actually i have created Flag for each table, and concatenate 10 tables.

is this make sense??

or can i do Linktable??

jagan
Partner - Champion III
Partner - Champion III

Hi,

Generally we will go for Concatenation only when we have all common fields, otherwise use Link table.

Regards,

Jagan.

vcanale
Partner - Creator II
Partner - Creator II

Hi,

I hope this can help:
Concatenate vs Link Table

robert_mika
Master III
Master III

If you in doubt post your model pictures

Anonymous
Not applicable

if few tables have similar columns as u mentioned 3 tables u can concatenate them and link the rest of the tables.