Re: Bit-Mapped Indexing Routines---Beta Testers Wanted

ZOD <powermac_at_well.com> wrote:

>I thought it was "bitWISE" indexing not "bitmapped" indexing. Please
>correct me on this.
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>
>Bill Gfroehrer...

I believe it is Sybase that has a patent and trademark on BitWise. BitWise, I believe, is a combination of Bit-map indexing and querying to address high-cardinality data problems when using just Bit-map indexing.

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