On 8/1/06, Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/1/06, Eric Andrews <eric.m.andrews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... and inside > those boxes are a set of contents. what I want to do is search and > basically "mine" data from the content sets. do I use an array > datatype for the content column, or is there a better more efficient > way to go about this? What kind of content? Is it possible to design regular table for it (a set of properties is clear a priori)?
a set of ID numbers and no not really. the boxes are unique to a destination and the content list/set is unique to the box. I'd have a bajillion tables :(
BTW, there is some interesting constrib module - contrib/hstore - that allows to work with structures similar to perl's hashes. And, one more - contrib/ltree - that provides the tree-like structures. Both are based on GiST - that means support of index and, therefore, good perfomance. Consider using these extensions.
id like to stay away from addons if i can avoid it you know? thanks, eric
