RE: Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-13 Thread Norman L. Smith
> From: Karl J. Stubsjoen > Imagine: a table with over 200,000 records in it and one of > the fields in > the table is a keywords field. Keywords seperated by commas. > The keyword > field is a collection of keywords that our clients use to identify the > content of their web pages. > What we

RE: Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-13 Thread Norman L. Smith
> From: Karl J. Stubsjoen > Hello, > > Can someone explain hash tables or hash indexes and if we can > take advantage > of them in MySQL? > > Thanks! > > Karl A few words on a meaty subject... Hashing is a search method based on an arithmetic or algorithmic transformation of the key. Hashing i

Hash Tables / Indexes

2001-11-12 Thread Karl J. Stubsjoen
Hello, Can someone explain hash tables or hash indexes and if we can take advantage of them in MySQL? Thanks! Karl - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/