[mapserver-users] .map

[John Bennett]

I'm new to this, therefore a simple question.

I have a large dataset that is being added to daily, full of shapefiles and
Gifs. For displaying these files using Mapserver is the protocol to update
the .map file every time the database is updated (one big .map file, I don't
think so, too big eh!) or make a new .map dynamically for each user
depending on their request?
Thanks for the past help.
John