Hi! My name is Daniel Åkerud, a swedish studen, writing an essay for my exam. The label will be something like: "Database algorithms". I know it is a complex task, and will ofcourse, as soon as possible, specify more preciesly what it will be about. I have thoughts about writing about, for example, how searching a database will go faster by indexing certain columns in a table. And what makes this same procedure slower by indexing wrong, or too many. (Correct me if I am wrong). I assume that there is a cascade of algorithms inside the code of a databasemanager. There is no doubt work for me :) Do you have any tips of places where I can gather information? Do you recommend a book in this topic? I have plans of investingating some of the code in several of the Open Source databasemanagers out there. Thank you, I really appreciate your help! Daniel Åkerud SoftwareEngineering, Malmö University. [EMAIL PROTECTED]