At 09:27 AM 3/24/97 -0700, Srini Vasan wrote:
>Mark Schaffer wrote:
>>
>> I may be mistaken, but I thought I heard a rumor that HP would be
>> incorporating some of the features found in some third-party indexing
>> products (i.e. Bradmark's Superdex) into TurboImage.  Has anyone else
>heard
>> this, or am I just dreaming?  If I'm not dreaming, has anyone heard of a
>> time frame when this might be available?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark Schaffer
>
>Jon replied:
>
>I've heard the same rumor.  Specifically, B-Tree indices will be
>supported -- also in beta test and also headed for Express 3.
>Jon
>
>I have some questions:
>
>a) Will the driver allow the client to access Image without Image/SQL (or
>AllBase ?

NO, the driver uses the ALLBASE optimizer to accelerate the ODBC queries.
The ODBC performance is quite remarkable!

>b) If yes, will it allow the client to make "good" use of third party indexes
>- such as Omnidex or Superdex ?

Yes, you need ALLBASE G1.17 or higher. With this release the update
statistics command has been enhanced to use 'best case' TPI statistics
for plan evaluation. Third Party  and Image B-tree indices both generate
efficient, predictable plans. G1.19 of Allbase is currently available
as a patch.





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