[GENERAL] Table Column Retrieval

2010-02-22 Thread dmp
Recently I read that one of the distinctions between a standard database and a columnar one, which led to an increase in its efficiency, was and I quote: Only relevant columns are retrieved (A row-wise database would pull all columns and typically discard 80-95% of them) Is this true of

Re: [GENERAL] Table Column Retrieval

2010-02-22 Thread Joshua Tolley
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 07:23:09PM -0700, dmp wrote: Recently I read that one of the distinctions between a standard database and a columnar one, which led to an increase in its efficiency, was and I quote: Only relevant columns are retrieved (A row-wise database would pull all columns

Re: [GENERAL] Table Column Retrieval

2010-02-22 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Joshua Tolley eggyk...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 07:23:09PM -0700, dmp wrote: Recently I read that one of the distinctions between a standard database and a columnar one, which led to an increase in its efficiency, was and I quote: Only