---Reply to mail from Michael Nordstr�m about Table Compression
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2003, Chris Hawks wrote:
>
>> You're more familiar with the uncompress code (and palm databases)
>> than I, so, how about this plan for uncompressing (possibly nested)
>> tables??
>
> I have a very pragmatic view; if it works then use it ;-)
I wanted to if I was doing anything obviously dumb with the database
code...
[...]
>> table.c locks the handle and callsGet UncompressTableIndex() in
>> uncompress to get the record #.
>
> This part I have some doubts about. I think it would be better to use
> the UID for the table record as an "index", i.e. the uncompress code
> keeps a map with the <UID, uncompress record#> info, so that later
> when the table code wants to release a record it only needs to provide
> the UID. Just a matter of encapsulation (i.e. no one but the uncompress
> code really needs access to the record#)
Cool! Then the caller doesn't need to ask for and save anything, just
tell uncompress to release the record for table UID.
I'm committing the changes now...
---End reply
Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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