> > MySQL stored each table and index in its own file....
> >
> > Firebird stores its whole database in a single logical file ...

Partly true :-)

The InnoDB storage system, by default, stores everything
into a special InnoDB tablespace. This tablespace, by default,
is used for all databases (or actually, all InnoDB tables).

There's a setting that says "innodb_file_per_table" to get
"around" this.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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