Re: Array database systems

From: Paul <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:45:05 +0100
Message-ID: <MPG.1977fa5bdf6700d29896ec@news1.eircom.net>

sicotom_at_eresmas.com says...

> would someone please tell me what is an "array database system"? I am
> not aware of this concept, and I cannot find information about it.

Some RDBMSs support array data types to an extent. My advice is to avoid like plague. I had a system oonce where programmers used arrays of arrays of.... table had 35000 (35K) fields - complete opp of relational model.

Paul...

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