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- From: pavlov@niktow.canisius.edu (Greg Pavlov)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.ingres
- Subject: Re: Ingres Design Limits
- Message-ID: <1922@niktow.canisius.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 16:08:56 GMT
- References: <1992Dec9.235410.4228@goethe.credtech.com> <2967@perl-sun.dwrsun4.UUCP>
- Organization: Canisius College, Buffalo NY. 14208
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- In article <2967@perl-sun.dwrsun4.UUCP>, perl@dwrsun4.UUCP (Robert Perlberg) writes:
- >
- > > - 256 column limit per table
- >
- > Probably true. I've run into the 2000 byte limit myself (although if I
- > had my way I would have designed the database differently), but I'd
- > like to know what type of application would need more than 256
- > columns.
- >
- Three "rules":
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- 1. the universe of applications is greater than any single individual's
- ability to conceive of them;
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- 2. any limit will be insufficient for some application;
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- 3. limits apply to joins as well.
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-
- greg pavlov
- pavlov@fstrf.org
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