Re: Problems with SELECT *

From: Pablo Sanchez <pablo_at_dev.null>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 16:40:55 -0600
Message-ID: <Xns933F9F86AD83Cpingottpingottbah@216.166.71.233>

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in news:pgzca.77$Kk5.7479367_at_mantis.golden.net:

> "Pablo Sanchez" <pablo_at_dev.null> wrote in message
> news:Xns933E7E4CBF9E0pingottpingottbah_at_216.166.71.233...

>> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in news:0Kpca.45$gD4.5257306
>> @mantis.golden.net:
>>
>> > According to Dennis Shasha's and Philippe Bonnet's recent update,

> _Database

>> > Tuning: Principles, Experiments, and Troubleshooting Techniques_, to
>> > Shasha's earlier book, a product called kdb physically stores tables
>> > as arrays of the columns.
>>
>> Until I see a TPC-C with such a product, it's not on my radar screen.

>
> With all due respect, Pablo. Isn't that the "ostrich approach" to
> knowledge acquisition? If you put your hands over your eyes, do you
> believe the rest of the world ceases to exist.

Wow! Okay, well .... hmmm... rather than get into a pissing match, I'll let you take the last punch ... too bad it was rather weak.

-- 
Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
http://www.hpdbe.com

Received on Sat Mar 15 2003 - 16:40:55 CST