2007/8/26, Jim Hu <jimhu(a)tamu.edu>du>:
I've never actually used the database prefix
option provided by the
installer. From later messages in the thread, it sounds like people
use it for different language versions? I'm not sure I understand
why one would use it instead of just installing another MW database.
Does wikipedia use these prefixes? Are there some shared tables that
don't get prefixed?
For smaller wikis, especially those run by private individuals in
their spare time, the database prefix can be quite useful since many
webhosters will only give you a limited number of databases (possibly
even just one) depending on how much you pay them for your webhosting
package.
(Whether it's a good idea to let different applications all run on the
same database is another question, of course.)
--
schnee