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The only reliable solution in this case is to serialize which of course
means forget about scaling.
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 09:14, Jonathan Gennick wrote:
> Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 1:14:26 PM, Jamadagni, Rajendra (Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com) wrote:
> JR> hypothetically, When you have a requirement that no gaps allowed in a sequence no matter what,
> JR> would you still use sequences?
>
> Ah! This is a good question. If no gaps are acceptable,
> period, end of story, then what is a viable solution? I do
> not think sequences are it.
>
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