Re: Representing data on disk in an MV database - was Re: foundations of relational theory? - some references for the truly starving
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:59:50 -0400
Message-ID: <WPednb7vtdmFHweiU-KYgw_at_golden.net>
"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
news:Abnmb.21781$Fm2.10414_at_attbi_s04...
> "Mike Preece" <michael_at_preece.net> wrote in message
news:1b0b566c.0310231443.4ce7517f_at_posting.google.com...
> > >
> > > Does that mean that all field values are stored as printable character
> > > strings?
> >
> > Yes they are.
> > [...]
> > Apology not necessary. Thanks anyway - it's like a breath of fresh
> > air.
> > Char(255) = End of item mark
> > Char(254) = Attribute mark
> > Char(253) = Value mark
> > Char(252) = SubValue mark
>
> Um, doesn't that make internationalization hard? How do you
> support different character encodings? Unicode?
>
>
> > PS. Nice post - shot me down and did it without a detectable trace of
> > arrogance.
>
> It also bears mentioning that it's an uncommon character trait to be
> able to concede a point well.
Especially for Mike. He has had so many opportunities I can hardly count them. Received on Sat Oct 25 2003 - 15:59:50 CEST