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- relation sample
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- #
- # Each customer at a store, for example, has one record in this relation--the
- # record contains their name and a customer code (assigned by the system, with
- # the first customer being 100), their balance and number of purchases made,
- # the date and time the record was established, and a 3-character string that
- # describes whether or not they're allowed credit at the store.
- #
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- field custname type string length 30; # A fairly short name field, but hey...
- field custnum type serial start 100; # Assigned automatically (from 100)
- field balance type money; # Standard double, to .XX resolution
- field date_en date; # Date customer entered into database
- field time_en type time; # Time customer entered into database
- field credit char * 3; # "y"/"n"/"?" etc.
- field num ushort; # Number of purchases customer has made
- field phone type phone; # Phone number of client
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- index ix_name on custname with duplicates;
- index ix_number on custnum;
- index ix_balance on balance with duplicates;
- index ix_entered on date_en, time_en with duplicates; # DATE_EN FIRST!!!
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- #
- # Why date_en first? Because a composite index, like ix_entered, will
- # sort merrily along the first field you give it... as soon as it finds two
- # records which have the same first field, it'll sort 'em by the second. So
- # ix_entered will sort things by date, and when the date's the same, by time..
- # if you did it the other way around, it'd be a pretty stupid index.
- #
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