Sean,

> To improve query performance, I am thinking to split a huge table into
> several small tables. Is there any performance difference between
> splitting into several *tables* in the same database and splitting the
> table into a small table in several *databases* ?

You cannot query across databases, so that's a no go area.

But what makes you think your query will be faster if your table
data is split across more tables?

Martijn Tonies
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