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Re: Granularity

• From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com>
• To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:55:49 +0000

> Many XML databases work best when you have lots of small documents; a few
> work well when you have one giant all-embracing document.

The problem with one large doc is you will only get 1 hit as a result
for multiple matches... instead of n hits for n docs that each contain
a match.

You can work around that, but in general its best if your docs
correspond to the number of results you would expect for a given
search.


-- 
Andrew Welch
http://andrewjwelch.com

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