Posted by Edward Z. Yang on 05/23/07 22:05

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webcm123@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm making some changes in poll module. I don't know which method of
> storing options of poll is better. The main data of polls are in POLLS
> table. [snip]

Serialize and unserialize are extremely fast, so if you don't mind
breaking the rules of database normalization and stuff multiple values
in one column, your second option will be faster.

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