Re: Definition of Database "turning"
Date: 1995/06/30
Message-ID: <fkuyt.14.00160102_at_iaehv.nl>#1/1
In article <516683739wnr_at_ombomb.demon.co.uk> "F.Frederick Skitty" <Igotan_at_ombomb.demon.co.uk> writes:
>From: "F.Frederick Skitty" <Igotan_at_ombomb.demon.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: Definition of Database "turning"
>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 11:29:42 GMT
>In article: <amichael.18.2FF300C3_at_pond.com> amichael_at_pond.com (Tony
>Michael) writes:
>>
>> Hi Anyone,
>>
>> I have run accross the term "database turning". Does anyone know what
>> this means?
>I suspect it means that whoever wrote it can't spell....are you sure it
>isn't meant to be database 'tuning' ? What ios the context in which it is
>mentioned ?
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I've seen some article about creating a datamodel for DDS/EIS
databases. The author suggested turning the tables in the database 90 degrees.
I don't recall much of the article (it was a while ago), but the author was in
favor of 'long' tables (that's 'many columns') with only a few rows instead of
the normal situation where you have tables with just a few columns and many
rows.
In a strictly query environment he thought you could have performance gains
etc.
In the article it wasn't called database turning. Unfortunatly I can't remember what he did call it.
Well, this is just a wild guess. If my life depended on it, I too would go for the misspelled 'tuning' option. But, hey, you'll never know.
Greeting,
Frank
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