Is there such a thing as too many tables?

Question

I\'ve been searching stackoverflow for about an hour now and couldn\'t find any topics related, so I apologize if this is a duplicate question.

My inquiry is this. Is th

Answer 1

You should have exactly as many tables as you need; no more, no less.

One of the systems I'm working on these days has 143 tables - because that's exactly the number required to solve the problem.