Re: DATABASE DESING ISSUE

Maybe he should store the IP address

in a .....

bit-map index?

sorry - couldn't resist.

Paul

Jared Still wrote:
>
> Questions:
>
> > router statistics-> some numeric value
> What does this data look like?
> Is it atomic? What does the numeric value represent?
>
> >multiple cpu utilization data->again in numeric ,
> Same questions as for router statistics
>
> > ip address..which would be primary key
>
> Do you want to be able to easily search based partial IP?
>
> Will your SQL queries always contain the first octet of the IP
> address in the WHERE clause?
>
> e.g.
>
> for addresses 208.16.92.134 194.16.44.16 and 132.16.12.154
> would there ever be a search done on the second octet (16 )?
>
> In other words, should the IP be stored in a single column, or
> in four columns?
>
> Is IPV6 compatibility important?
>
> These questions must be asked to get an understanding of
> how you are trying to use the data.
>
> Jared
>
>
> > i want to search the various cpu util data,memory utilisation data from ip
> > address
> > becuase each customer i am segregating by ip address
>
> On Monday 09 April 2001 11:58, Nihar wrote:
> > HI PPL
> > i need some help on database design stuff.
> >
> > i am having data given below in one flat file and i want to put in tables.
> > can anyone help in designing tables
> >
> > here is the data the info bout data
> >
> >
> > my data is about
> > router statistics-> some numeric value
> > date,time,multiple cpu utilization data->again in numeric ,
> > ip address..which would be primary key
> > i want to search the various cpu util data,memory utilisation data from ip
> > address
> > becuase each customer i am segregating by ip address
> >
> >
> > thanks and regards
> >
> >
> > - NIHAR SANGHVI
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