key/data pairs

[devi vijayakumar]

Hello,

I was just wondering what happens when I use the same
key for a couple of records (as in store them as a
single record and calculate the location for accessing
a particular record)and then sort the whole list using
hash values.

Example::

Let me store 10 records as 1 record.So if I want to
access one of the ten then I can calculate the location
and access it.

Now let's say I have 100 records.Then I will have only
10 keys now. So if I sort the list of 10 keys in
ascending order and then try to access the database,
what will happen??

Will the performance increase or decrease? And what do
you think are the reasons??


Your's Sincerely

Devi.





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