Hi
I am running a PHP-based intranet site where the main page has to refresh its view every minute in order to show the most up-to-date information from an MSSQL database. At any one time there are only about 20 entries that need to be shown, but the main database contains thousands of historical records. My question is, and I apologise if it is a daft question, is it OK to keep querying the database like this, or should I have a separate table that only contains the active entries, then transfer them to the main table when they are done with?
I use the latter solution currently, but want to redesign the system, using the most appropriate methods.
Thanks for your help.