RE: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Bruce Sandell
Sorry, thats a heap table, not a hash table. -Original Message- From: Bruce Sandell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Indexing hash tables Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? I have a hash table that

Re: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 03:44:07PM -0800, Bruce Sandell wrote: Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? You mean for HEAP tables, which used hashed indexes? I have a hash table that I am constantly adding data to, which means the index is constantly being updated. If I

RE: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Bruce Sandell
] Subject: Re: Indexing hash tables On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 03:44:07PM -0800, Bruce Sandell wrote: Is the index for a hash table stored on disk or in memory? You mean for HEAP tables, which used hashed indexes? I have a hash table that I am constantly adding data to, which means the index

Re: Indexing hash tables

2002-01-25 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 04:02:23PM -0800, Bruce Sandell wrote: So does this mean that you should or should not bother using indexes on a heap table? You should use an index on a heap table column just like you would for any other table. It's just that the index isn't a B-Tree like with