On Jun 24, 2007, at 2:43 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote:
> 1. When you have fixed width fields (e.g., an intersection table
> that
> has merely all integer/numeric fields), would you be better off
> setting the row format to be FIXED or leave as DYNAMIC (which is
> the default)?
Fixed-width rows allow for much faster indexing, since all you need
to do is offset by rownum * rowwidth.
> 2. If you have a lookup table with integer fields where you know
> the
> max value of that field would never rise above 99, are you
> wasting
> space by using anything other than a TINYINT type field?
Yes.
-- Ed Leafe
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