Multiple tables or one mega-table in SQL?

Question

I am new to MySQL. I am trying to design an online file storage system. The actual file storage will be taken care of separately - I just want to use MySQL to make a databas

Answer 1

As per Database Normalization perspective; it';s better to have multiple tables with foreign key contraints...

reference Links:

http://databases.about.com/od/specificproducts/a/normalization.htm

http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/An-Introduction-to-Database-Normalization/