Re: What is the cost of integrity constraints?

From: gym dot scuba dot kennedy at gmail <kennedyii_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:04:03 GMT
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"yossarian" <yossarian99_at_operamail.com> wrote in message news:49e5dff6$0$700$5fc30a8_at_news.tiscali.it...
> Phper wrote:
>
>> Does the database run much slower if there are many integrity
>> constraints?
>
> Of course. Constraints and datatypes are stuff for boring geeks. Real
> DBAs only use varchar2(255) unconstrained nullable columns.
>
> Y.

varchar2(255) is so passe. Most of us modern dbas use 1 table and varchar2(4000). Why make the design more complicated than necessary? Easy to find the data it is in the eva table. Jim Received on Wed Apr 15 2009 - 09:04:03 CDT

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