| From: | "Daniel Verite" <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: MVCC and index-only read |
| Date: | 2008-11-18 20:53:14 |
| Message-ID: | 935cbcb4-a06c-4725-824d-a2183de86831@mm |
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> >> They aren't borrowing anything, Oracle has had this functionality
> >> since at least Oracle 8i (1999).
> >
> > Whoa, calm down Francis. I'm not suggesting they stole it or
> > something. Just that they're using the same basic concepts.
>
> Oh, and citation needed. I don't remember seeing anything about
> oracle using indexes as sole storage units back in 8i
They call that IOT, for Index Organized Tables, and they were
introduced with Oracle8 (1997). Check out
http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Oracle_8
Best regards,
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Daniel
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