> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:33 PM > To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: an other provokative question?? > > Relational database pioneer says technology is obsolete > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&; ar > ticleId=9034619 > > kindlt explain how?? This bit is a hint: "Column-oriented databases -- such as the one built by Stonebraker's latest start-up, Andover, Mass.-based Vertica Systems Inc. -- store data vertically in table columns rather than in successive rows." Mr. Stonebraker's company sells column oriented databases. So of course the other methods must be "obsolete". It actually is a good idea for some operations. Database warehouses seem to benefit from that storage scheme. All of the database systems that I know of that use this column-oriented scheme are in-memory database systems. I don't know if Mr. Stonebraker's is also. There is at least one open source database that uses columns to store the data: http://monetdb.cwi.nl/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
