At 1/30/2002 01:17 AM -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> >If it's a small database, I'd go for the fingerprint; if it's fairly
> >large, then studying the overhead versus the bulk is important. Don't
> >know enough about tuning to help you, though; just know that whoever
> >*can* help you is going to need more info.
>
>I would recommend just the opposite. If the database is small, the
>calculation would be a waste of time. Just index the whole key. If the
>database is large, the time lost in calculation woudl be made in in search
>speed.

Please allow me to hide under the rug in embarrassment. I have punished my 
fingers for typing such idiocy; Tony is, of course, right. Somehow I got my 
head screwed on backwards for a moment.


-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz
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