Subject Re: [Firebird-Architect] Long strings and approximate indexes
Author Dmitry Yemanov
"Ann W. Harrison" <aharrison@...> wrote:
>
> We may be able to do the same thing with long strings. Firebird 2
> doesn't need to limit the index key at all, just truncate it at the
> maximum length that can be supported for the current page size, after
> the key is built, but before prefix compression.

I like the idea. Elegant and simple.


Dmitry