>>> On 9/18/2009 at 11:49 AM, in message
<
87f251e2-b6e7-428e...@j19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, mdang
> > We�re running Bugzilla 3.2 with Testopia 2.2. Does the increased use
> > of linking Test Cases from one Test Plan to the next greatly increase
> > overhead? I know that a DB query is done for every linked Test Case
> > when viewing a Test Case through tr_show_case.cgi (since you can click
> > on the Plans tab to see all Test Plans the selected Test Case is
> > associated to). I�m unsure of where else linking Test Cases will
> > cause additional overhead.
> >
> > We�ve found a model where we have a set of core Test Cases that we
> > link to multiple Test Plans. I�m hoping this won�t bog down
> > performance.
> >
> > Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Anybody have any insight on this?
Linking plans to multiple test cases does not increase the overhead virtually at all. It is much preferablle to creating a copy in general since a copy is a whole new record. The whole point of linking test cases was to improve performance. If you notice perforance issues, log a bug.
Greg