Re: Flexible columns


"herbasher" <robmnl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On May 11, 3:50 pm, "David Cressey" <cresse...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Gints Plivna" <gints.pli...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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herbasher wrote:
Hello!

I am developing a database system that will allow users to store any
object whatsoever in a database.

Oh yea.
Go
tohttp://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:8:4232687400037023::NO
get fourth doc (worst practices) and read it.

Gints Plivna
http://www.gplivna.eu

In addtion, it may be time to revive "stupid dtatabase tricks" from
comp.databases.theory about 3 years back.


Well I know I am going against holy cows here, but gotta solve my
problem: storing any object whatsoever efficiently. I don't need any
joins.


Holy cow, Batman!

Why are you storing the data in a database, rather than a file?




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