I'm doing a java project in which I have to use a MySQL database with a big amount of data (geonames). Since I need to verify if a proper name is a geoentity I need only 3 coloums of a table. So I would like to know if it is better to use a view of this table or just create another table with only this three attributes.
Thanks in advance!
There is no need creating a view in the case. If you do this, maybe more overhead on this db.
BTW, creating proper index will affect a lot performance.