[wp-hackers] Rebuttal (re: Meta tables: Take 5)

[Stephen Rider]

On Jul 24, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Jared Bangs wrote:

> So I'd say put [a single table approach] in the core (at least  
> initially), and put enough hooks in so that people running sites  
> that somehow justify the split table approach can change out the  
> storage code behind those API calls without affecting all the  
> plugins that are using the API. Someone who really needed the  
> multiple tables could then pretty easily whip up a plugin to do  
> this, including migrating all the stuff from the single table upon  
> activation.


+1

If done properly, a plugin could be written that could

1) separate *all* such meta into separate tables (per blog or per  
plugin?), or

2) simply separate its own meta into a separate table.

Stephen

P.S. -- scribu -- Now I'm going to have to find a way to work the  
phrase "starve/feed the sarlaac" into everyday conversation.  ;-)