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I think it depends on where you want to move them to, If it's the same file system, mv or cp will work. If it's not the same filesystem, I'd tar them up and move them. If the resultant tar file is huge, you could always zip it before moving it.

Can I ask why you are creating a table per instrument?Normal relational design would stipulate that you create one table that holds the prices, that has a relationship to a second table containing the instrument details.

Saw this article and an associated slashdot discussion of picosecond HFT that I thought might interest you chaps.

I beleve Bloomberg is free, quite basic but nice for when your away from the desk.

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<t>I don't see what benefit you would get by having multiple tables over a single table with a decient index?I agree with Hansi, a single (or a few) tables are the way to go. Are there any special conditions that force you to use this design?As for creating tables on a row insert, I'd move it out of...

As a bit of light releif from learning C++, What about some old school Unix scripting? sed, awk, perl, sh etc. Dosent take long to pick it up and is a very handy skill to have. It's one of those skills that you don't need every day but when you *do* need it, it's worth it's weight in gold.

I am currently working on Suse RT, Just the standard Suse distribution but with the RT patches applied to the kernel.RTWiki

<t>For the network programming side of it, I'd start with a through understanding of the networking stack and associated protocols. Frameworks are fine but a good understanding of what they are built on is also usefull. RFCs are a good place to start. also, if your a glutton for punishment, the sour...