more or bigger tables?

okay i'm a mysql newbie here... and am in the process of converting over old xhtml pages to mysql/php so i can eventually make a nice, easy to use backend that i can easily add my writing, programs, etc to

but i have a question before i delve too deep into migrating things over......
would it be better to have one big table, with everything in it and just add another field for what page it would go on?
(such as, instead of just having fields of title, body, date added.... would have another that would be "type" which would containt either writing, programs, etc)

does that make sense?

or should i have a different table for each type ?

[Xnuiem]

Do a google search for database normalization.

Basically it is better to break data up by usage and realtionships rather than actual frontend usage.

In your case, have one table with all the fields a page would have, then have different records for each page.

[Xnuiem]

http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/barry200...731.php3?aid=64