Using Caché Multi-Dimensional Storage

	Contents
Chapter 1:	Introduction
	1.1 Features
Chapter 2:	Global Structure
	2.1 Logical Structure of Globals 2.1.1 Global Identifiers 2.1.2 Global Nodes 2.1.3 Global Subscripts 2.1.4 Collation 2.2 Physical Structure of Globals 2.2.1 How Globals Are Stored
Chapter 3:	Using Multi-Dimensional Storage (Globals)
	3.1 Storing Data in Globals 3.1.1 Creating Globals 3.1.2 Specifying a Global Node 3.1.3 Storing Data in a Global Node 3.1.4 Storing Structured Data in Global Nodes 3.2 Deleting Global Nodes 3.3 Testing the Existence of a Global Node 3.4 Retrieving the Value of a Global Node 3.4.1 The $Get Function 3.5 Traversing Data within a Global 3.5.1 The $Order (Next / Previous) Function 3.5.2 Looping Over a Global 3.5.3 The $Query Command 3.6 Copying Data within Globals 3.7 Maintaining Shared Counters within Globals 3.8 Temporary Globals 3.9 Sorting Data within Globals 3.9.1 Collation of Global Nodes 3.9.2 Numeric and String-valued Subscripts 3.9.3 The $SortBegin and $SortEnd Functions 3.10 Using Indirection with Globals 3.11 Managing Transactions 3.11.1 Locks and Transactions 3.11.2 Nested Calls to TSTART 3.12 Managing Concurrency
Chapter 4:	SQL and Object Usage of Multi-Dimensional Storage
	4.1 Data 4.1.1 Default Structure 4.1.2 IDKEY 4.1.3 Subclasses 4.1.4 Parent Children Relationships 4.1.5 Embedded Objects 4.1.6 Streams 4.2 Indices 4.2.1 Storage Structure of Standard Indices 4.3 Bitmap Indices 4.3.1 Logical Operation of Bitmap Indices 4.3.2 Storage Structure of Bitmap Indices 4.3.3 Direct Access of Bitmap Indices