Re: Help - Does DSMS/Data stream fall under "DBMS design and implementation" category?

From: Jan Hidders <hidders_at_gmail.com>
Date: 4 Oct 2006 08:29:18 -0700
Message-ID: <1159975758.694913.25560@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

Marshall wrote:

> I agree that this is simple in principle. However, if I am
> understanding
> correctly, this would seem to put some severe constraints on
> implementation and thereby scalability, which is one of the points
> of a DSMS.

Well, that's why it's called research, Marshall, they try to make possible what at first sight seems not. :-) In many cases you can use certain knowledge about the stream like the fact that it may be ordered in some way, or nearly ordered within some bounds (think of packets that almost arrive in the order of their time-stamp, but with an error within a certain bound).

Jan Hidders

Received on Wed Oct 04 2006 - 10:29:18 CDT