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Hi to everyone!
I've just started to learn MS SQL Server 2005 and I hope you can give me some advices about what is the best design for the max performances between the two cases:

Case 1:
Single table, but not very scalable
Table name: GS
salary_id (primary key, int)
salary_description (varchar)
salary_cumulative_1 (int)
salary_cumulative_2 (int)
..
salary_cumulative_9 (int)

Case 2:
Two tables, this removes the limit of having only 9 salary_cumulative field, but will be performance worst? Keep in mind that this table(s) will be queried a lot the whole times when the user use the application.

(1) Table name: GS
salary_id (primary key, int)
salary_description (varchar)

(2) Table name: Cumulative
salary_id (primary key, int), foreign key
salary_cumulative (varchar)

Thank you a lot for your time!

ps: Can you also please tell me if using long (very long) names for the tables name will decrease the performances too?

Greetings,

Mirto

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In the Appointment table I would like to store the Appoinment setter ID, sales rep Id, date/time appointment was booked and some other data on the appointment.
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Should I just pick either the app setter id or the sales rep id as the foreign key back to the userID in the user table. Or is there another method how to handle this.
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thanks,

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