Re: Variable Length Records Management....

"JRStern" <JRStern_at_gte.net> wrote in message news:3b25133f.22044718_at_news.gte.net...
> On 10 Jun 2001 01:52:02 -0500, "Art Pollard" <pollarda_at_lextek.com>
> wrote:
> >However, there are a number of issues that I haven't seen
> >well addressed in the literature I have seen such as freelist
> >management for large scale databases.
>
> Memory block management probably has more literature than anything
> else in compsci. Don't know how many are specific to database apps,
> but I'll bet there are plenty ... tho I don't have anything specific
> to point at. I'd recommend looking at some general discussions.

Thanks. I've looked at some of this especially in Knuth. However, I believe that allocation issues, data and freelist management within a database is quite different in many respects and while normal memory management has some applicability, it does not translate well in its entirety. This is why I'm looking to see what papers are available about this specifically.

Thanks again,

-Art Received on Sat Jul 21 2001 - 18:30:43 CDT