Magento – Magento 1.8 Flat Product and Category Data

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In Magento 1.8.0, the flat product and flat category indexes have been removed.

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Does Magento 1.8 no longer support the flat product and category tables? If Magento 1.8 does support the flat product and category tables, how are these table created and populated?

Best Answer

Starting with Magento CE 1.8 the flat table indexes are only shown on the Index Management page if flat tables are enabled.

Enable flat tables in System > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > Frontend:

Enable flat tables

Enjoy the flat table indexes in System > Index Management:

Flat table indexes

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