Jeff, Mlw,
> Absolutely. We could just use one large state or several small ones and
> let folks download the whole thing if they wanted. Using that technique
> you could control the size of the test quite closely and still make
> something potentially quite valuable as a contribution beyond the bench.
Hold on a second. The FCC database is still a better choice because it is
more complex with a carefully defined schema. The Tiger database would be
good for doing tests of type 1 and 3, but not for tests of types 2 and 4.
It would certainly be interesting to use the Tiger database as the basis for
an additional type of test:
6) Very Large Data Set: querying, then updating, 300+ selected rows from a
2,000,000 + row table.
... but I still see the FCC database as our best candidate for the battery of
tests 1-5.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
