Re: Sorting Problem

How did you solve the problem .......... :-)

Gianni Mariani wrote:

> Dennis Gearon wrote:
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>> I agree with all of that except for one caveat:
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>>     all my reading, and just general off the cuff thinking, says that
>> processing variable width characters SIGNIFICANTLY slows an
>> application. It seems better to PROCESS fixed width characters (1,2,4
>> byte), and TRANSMIT variable width characters (avoiding the null
>> problem.)
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> I can and have solved that problem.  If you can assume utf-8 encoding
> then there are available to you a bunch o tricks that takes this problem
> away.
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> The other problem with memory (and hence cache) utilization of a wide
> char only solution it far more significant.
> Cache effects are the primary killer for performance in an app like a
> database.
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> Anyhow, before making any "decisions" one should do a bunch of analysis.
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> Cheers
> G
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