Comments on: Daniel Lemire on What Makes Database Indexes Work http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/07/daniel-lemire-on-what-makes-database-indexes-work/ Mon, 21 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/07/daniel-lemire-on-what-makes-database-indexes-work/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Daniel Tunkelang Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:41:18 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=757#comment-726 Fair enough. In any case, everyone could benefit from a review, and I shouldn't overestimate the expertise of self-appointed experts. Fair enough. In any case, everyone could benefit from a review, and I shouldn’t overestimate the expertise of self-appointed experts.

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/07/daniel-lemire-on-what-makes-database-indexes-work/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Daniel Lemire Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:25:45 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=757#comment-725 Thanks for the ad! However, while this is (obviously) not meant to take people by surprise, there is very little in terms of meta-studies of indexes. People all tend to go and design very specific indexes... and they keep reinventing the same things, over and over again. Go to any database conference and listen to the talks. You will see that most indexing papers combine 2 or 3 of these techniques, but nothing else. Thanks for the ad!

However, while this is (obviously) not meant to take people by surprise, there is very little in terms of meta-studies of indexes. People all tend to go and design very specific indexes… and they keep reinventing the same things, over and over again.

Go to any database conference and listen to the talks. You will see that most indexing papers combine 2 or 3 of these techniques, but nothing else.

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