Title: table DB name
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# table DB name

 *  Resolved [alexbaes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexbaes/)
 * (@alexbaes)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-db-name/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to know how much space the tables in this plugin take up, but I can’t 
   find these tables. What is the name of the tables in the database? Thank you !!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Ftable-db-name%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-db-name/#post-16849918)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * TablePress stores the user’s tables as a “Custom Post Type” in the wp_posts database
   table. You will find these as JSON-encoded two-dimensional arrays, with a value
   of “tablepress_table” in the post_type column. Thus, TablePress does not use 
   its own database tables.
 * Regards,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [alexbaes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexbaes/)
 * (@alexbaes)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-db-name/#post-16851149)
 * Okey.
 * I want to know this because I’m doubting if is better add a lot of tables on 
   tablepress or some pdfs, for a extensive lists of information.
 * Thanks !!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-db-name/#post-16851224)
 * Hi,
 * well, the advantage of using TablePress is that your data will directly be available
   as text, with all the benefits there are over a fixed file format.
 * Considering that a PDF probably has more meta data in it (than just the pure 
   information), the storage in the database will likely be smaller.
 * With TablePress, you also would have the advantage of being able to selectively
   show information, make tables sortable and filterable, etc. which is not directly
   possible in a PDF file.
 * Regards,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [alexbaes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexbaes/)
 * (@alexbaes)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-db-name/#post-16851241)
 * I’ve thought about tablepress sorting and filtering options, yes. I supose that
   I can convert the pdf to .xls, and import this .xls to tablepress. This is the
   fast way I think.
 * Thanks, and thanks for this plugin !!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [2 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/table-db-name/#post-16851714)
 * Hi,
 * ah, so right now you already/only have the data in PDF files (but not in other
   formats)?
 * Yes, copying to Excel first, to clean up the data, sounds reasonable then.
 * Regards,
   Tobias

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