From: Shashank Date <shanko_date@...>
Date: 2005-01-21T01:00:48+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Lafcadio 0.7.0, 0.6.1: Excessively Clever Query Caching


> Quite. But seeing as I'm pretty unschooled in DB
> theory in general, I've never heard of "parallel 
> query dispatch". 

Well, of course ! My bad: I am using our internal
terminology while talking to outside world ;-)

The correct term is "Federated Databases". And even
that term is context dependant. Google it in the
context of SQL Server 2K and you will get what I mean.

> Care to explain, or offer a link?

http://www.sql-server-performance.com/federated_databases.asp
 
> Also, if you're interested in seeing this feature
> ported over to a DB 
> you use (such as MS SQL 2000) I'm open to extending
> Lafcadio to work 
> with any other DB as long as I've got people
> actively testing them on  other DBs. 

I can surely help testing. Especially if involves
running test cases in the background. I won't be able
to devote too much time on the foreground though.

> (I always use MySQL, hence Lafcadio's
> MySQL focus up 'til 
> now.)

No problem. Let me know how I can get started.

> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/

-- shanko


		
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