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Jason Bodnar (jcbodnar@mail.utexas.edu)
Tue, 07 Jan 1997 11:31:03 -0500 

Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970107163103.0068c37c@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 11:31:03 -0500
From: Jason Bodnar <jcbodnar@mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: [mSQL] 2.0 - can it cache results?

At 10:33 AM 1/7/97 -0500, you wrote:

>Some issues:
>
> . The unique identifier should not be a normal valid table name, or it
> should be so long and cryptic that it has an extremely high probability
> of never interfering.

Unique temp table names are necessary but perhaps there's an easier way to
implement this. Maybe normal tables should be restricted to starting with an
alphanumeric character. Then you could start temp tables with a
non-alphanumeric character.

Just a thought. I'm trying to remember how some of the other dbs I've used
do this (namely Informix).

Jason Bodnar
Internet Programmer
Cox Interactive Media
jasonb@onr.com

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