Re: [GENERAL] Table with active and historical data

2011-06-02 Thread salah jubeh
with active and historical data I have a table with a little active data and a lot of historical data. I'd like to be able to access the active data very quickly - quicker than an index. Here are the details: 1. Table has about 1 million records 2. Has a column active_date - on a given date

[GENERAL] Table with active and historical data

2011-06-01 Thread Robert James
I have a table with a little active data and a lot of historical data. I'd like to be able to access the active data very quickly - quicker than an index. Here are the details: 1. Table has about 1 million records 2. Has a column active_date - on a given date, only about 1% are active.

Re: [GENERAL] Table with active and historical data

2011-06-01 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Robert James srobertja...@gmail.com wrote: I have a table with a little active data and a lot of historical data.  I'd like to be able to access the active data very quickly - quicker than an index.  Here are the details: 1. Table has about 1 million records