Hi Everyone,
Here is a theoretical, and definition question for you.
In databases, we have:
Relation
a table with columns and rows
Attribute
a named column/field of a relation
Domain
a set of allowable values for one or more attributes
Tuple
a row of a relation
Degree
the number of attributes a relation contains
Number of fields in a table
Cardinality
the number of tuples/rows a relation contains
But!
What is the definition for the number of unique values in a field?
So, if you have 100 rows in a table, and the field is
the gender field, with only values of: Y, N.
You have 2 unique values.
What do we call this concept?
"the number of unique values in a column?"
Is there one?
Thanks a lot!
Apr 12 '07
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On 27 Apr 2007 17:52:00 -0700, hpuxrac <jo*********@sb cglobal.net>
wrote:
>On Apr 27, 8:21 pm, Lemming <thiswillbou... @bumblbee.demon .co.uk> wrote:
>On 12 Apr 2007 18:23:07 -0700, sqlservernew... @yahoo.com wrote:
>I found out. It is called "COLUMN CARDINALITY"
>Sorry, no prizes.
>http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~...WhangVT90.html
>(1) obtaining the column cardinality (the number of unique values in a column of a relation) and (2) obtaining the join selectivity (the number of unique values in the join column resulting from an unconditional join divided by the number of unique join column values in the relation to Be joined).
>These two parameters are important statistics that are used in relational query optimization and physical database design.
>http://www.idig.za.net/mysqlindexes/2006/11/09/
>Column cardinality. This is the number of unique values contained in a column. Indexes work best when there is a high cardinality. Put another way, the more unique values there are (fewer duplicates) the better that column will be for indexing. Consider the ID number column of the previous example. Here there are no duplicates, only unique values. This column will be ideal for indexing. On the other end of the scale may be the first names column. Here there will probably be a number of duplicate names (fewer unique values) and a lower cardinality compared to the ID column.
Yes, cardinality is the correct term.
Now, for bonus credits: can anyone tell me the correct term for someone who posts a homework question here, gets an answer, and then pretends he worked the answer out for himself?
Lemming -- Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat
Way to jump all over a thread that died 2 weeks ago.
Mate, most of usenet died more than 2 years ago. What does it matter
if I'm reviving someone's fortnight-old homework? Especially if I am
taking the piss.
Do try to keep up.
Unless, of course, it was *your* homework? Forgive me if so; I can't
be bothered to read back. But I can understand why you might be
feeling a bit sensitive about it.
Lemming
--
Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat.
On Apr 27, 9:01 pm, Lemming <thiswillbou... @bumblbee.demon .co.uk>
wrote:
On 27 Apr 2007 17:52:00 -0700, hpuxrac <johnbhur...@sb cglobal.net>
wrote:
On Apr 27, 8:21 pm, Lemming <thiswillbou... @bumblbee.demon .co.uk>
wrote:
On 12 Apr 2007 18:23:07 -0700, sqlservernew... @yahoo.com wrote:
I found out. It is called "COLUMN CARDINALITY"
Sorry, no prizes.
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~...WhangVT90.html
(1) obtaining the column cardinality (the number of unique values in a
column of a relation) and
(2) obtaining the join selectivity (the number of unique values in the
join column resulting from an unconditional join divided by the number
of unique join column values in the relation to Be joined).
These two parameters are important statistics that are used in
relational query optimization and physical database design.
http://www.idig.za.net/mysqlindexes/2006/11/09/
Column cardinality. This is the number of unique values contained in a
column. Indexes work best when there is a high cardinality. Put
another way, the more unique values there are (fewer duplicates) the
better that column will be for indexing. Consider the ID number column
of the previous example. Here there are no duplicates, only unique
values. This column will be ideal for indexing. On the other end of
the scale may be the first names column. Here there will probably be a
number of duplicate names (fewer unique values) and a lower
cardinality compared to the ID column.
Yes, cardinality is the correct term.
Now, for bonus credits: can anyone tell me the correct term for
someone who posts a homework question here, gets an answer, and then
pretends he worked the answer out for himself?
Lemming
--
Curiosity *may* have killed Schrodinger's cat
Way to jump all over a thread that died 2 weeks ago.
Mate, most of usenet died more than 2 years ago. What does it matter
if I'm reviving someone's fortnight-old homework? Especially if I am
taking the piss.
Do try to keep up.
Unless, of course, it was *your* homework? Forgive me if so; I can't
be bothered to read back. But I can understand why you might be
feeling a bit sensitive about it.
Not exactly.
Different people pick different tools to read these posting.
The cdos group is still very active. This item was cross posted to
various groups and was effectively dead until you chimed in.
Personally I use the google groups interface. If you take a look at
that tool you might have a different opinion about the health of what
used to be usenet. Plus it allows you to see the question from the
op, the replies and the thread in context.
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