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From: mjr@well.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: The world of columns
Message-ID: <3226@well.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 09:28:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: well.3226
Posted: Thu Jun  4 09:28:39 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 08:27:08 EDT
References: <570@tragicomix.liu.se>
Reply-To: mjr@well.UUCP (Matthew Rapaport)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <570@tragicomix.liu.se> gorry@tragicomix.liu.se (mikpa) writes:
>Hi there! I'd like to get opinions, statistics, estimates... on
>how much space is lost (:-) from the necessity of specifying
>fieldwiths, in any normal column oriented database.
>


In my experience wxDith several micro-based fixed field dbms systems
and lots of applications, I'd say if your waste was less than 35% you
were doing real well, and 50%, even 60% is not unheard of!

{dual!ptsfa}!well!mjr
Matthew Rapaport at the WELL, Sausalito, CA.