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Spanned and unspanned records

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• Terminology: Spanned and unspanned record storage
  • Unspanned record storage:

    Every records are stored within one block I.e.: a record does not span over multiple blocks

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  • Spanned record storage:

    Some records are stored using multiple blocks I.e.: a record can span over multiple blocks

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• Storing spanned records
  • How to store spanned record: