PostgreSQL has an array data type :)
On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Brett Sanger wrote: > (sent to list -- Phil, if you want yours to the list, you might want to > resend. Have I mentioned lately I hate lists that don't reply-To by > default?) > > > Is anyone's web server really that strapped for disk space? This kind of > > compression is great for operating systems and disk controllers but is > > generally inappropriate for things like web applications. Why say "$prefs |= > > 32768" when you can say "$prefs[15] = 1"? > > Because databases don't store arrays? > > > a string can be a real challenge, whereas in a normalized (1NF+) database > > it's trivial. OTOH, if you don't need the flexibility/scalability, you > > probably don't need to bother. > > As I said, putting the permissions into databases is more powerful, > but sometimes the above is easier to maintain than a table of permissions, > a table of users, a table of which users are in which groups, a table of > what permissions each group has, etc. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
