Re: What´s the algorithm that compresses a 20 digit big int, into 8 bytes ?
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:02:26 -0300
Message-ID: <4baa3812$0$12422$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:02:26 -0300
Message-ID: <4baa3812$0$12422$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Rafael Anschau wrote:
> On Mar 24, 11:38 am, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>>Rafael Anschau wrote:
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>>>Does anybody knows ?
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>>>Thanks
>>
>>Multiply by 10 and add digit; repeat
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>>That's neither a database nor a theory question, though.
> > Asking what algorithm a database uses internaly is a database > question.
The database implementation is likely to just call a procedure or function akin to atoi. Received on Wed Mar 24 2010 - 17:02:26 CET