serialized or table

[qazs]

Hi,
Is it better to store values as a single variable using serialized data or in a table with only one field?
Which option would be faster? Thanks.

[GO ILLINI]

a little of both.
You dont want to have to get all the data when you only need 2 'fields' in the script, but you can combine fields that you know will always have to be pulled out together.
Combined can make some problems updating though...

-Adam

[qazs]

Thanks!

[Fumigator]

The more normalized your data is, the better. 100% normalized means one value per column, always.