* Markus Schiltknecht: >> You need a priority queue to figure out from which tape (partition) >> you need to remove the next tuple. > > And why do you need lots of heap memory to do that? Anything wrong > with the zipper approach I've outlined upthread?
"heap" == "priority queue" here, I guess. Looking at your zipper again, it's actually an implementation of a heap. -- Florian Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings