Two different tables or just one with bool column?

Question

We have two tables: OriginalDocument and ProcessedDocument. In the first one we put an original, not processed document. After it\'s validated and processed (converted to our XM

Answer 1

Another thing you might want to take into consideration is the lifecycle and use cases of the rows. If the invalid documents are purged regularly, it might help to have them in separate tables. If the attributes of invalid documents stay limited, but valid documents are getting new columns, that would be a factor in favor of separate tables, too. As the entities are more and more different in behavior and usage, there are more indications that separate tables are merited.