gorry@liuida.UUCP (06/03/87)
Hi there! I'd like to get opinions, statistics, estimates... on
how much space is lost (:-) from the necessity of specifying
fieldwiths, in any normal column oriented database.
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Douglas Adamsmjr@well.UUCP (06/04/87)
In article <570@tragicomix.liu.se> gorry@tragicomix.liu.se (mikpa) writes: >Hi there! I'd like to get opinions, statistics, estimates... on >how much space is lost (:-) from the necessity of specifying >fieldwiths, in any normal column oriented database. > In my experience wxDith several micro-based fixed field dbms systems and lots of applications, I'd say if your waste was less than 35% you were doing real well, and 50%, even 60% is not unheard of! {dual!ptsfa}!well!mjr Matthew Rapaport at the WELL, Sausalito, CA.