Re: Compression and on-disk sorting - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: Compression and on-disk sorting
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Msg-id 36e682920605170525h418ef956heecbebbe6623f0c5@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Compression and on-disk sorting  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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On 5/17/06, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> wrote:
> Clever idea, pity we can't use it (what's the bet it's patented?). I'd
> wager anything beyond simple compression is patented by someone.

Oracle's patent application 20040054858 covers the method itself
including the process for storing and retrieving compressed data.

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