Is there such a thing as too many tables?

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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.

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Answer 1

LOL our main db has over 700 tables, I haven't worked with a database so tiny it only had 40 tables in years and years.

As long as you have the tables you need and they are correclty normalized, you are fine.

I've seen more performance problems caused by too few tables than too many.