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From: Jirka P. <fi...@us...> - 2002-05-20 06:58:04
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> Do we really need to track the database version in a separate field from > the database name, or can we lump all that into a single text field? > Are there advantages/disadvantages to either approach? Maybe it seems more readable for me and there will be smaller indexes and w= ith use of Oracle DB, there can be a bitmap index on name, which is incredi= bly fast compared to B-tree index. But there is no singificant disadvantage= , when using single field for name and version. Jirka |