On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Sounds like they're borrowing the code from innodb that does much the >>> same thing. In Innodb, if a field is indexed, it lives only as an >>> index, not in the table and an index at the same time. >> >> They aren't borrowing anything, Oracle has had this functionality >> since at least Oracle 8i (1999). > > Whoa, calm down Francis. I'm not suggesting they stole it or > something. Just that they're using the same basic concepts. Oh, and citation needed. I don't remember seeing anything about oracle using indexes as sole storage units back in 8i -- When fascism comes to America, it will be draped in a flag and carrying a cross - Sinclair Lewis -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
