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Background documentation Separator Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

The entries in the root pages and index pages of a B* tree are known as separators. A separator acts as a pointer to the appropriate page on the next level down in the B* tree. A separator consists of the significant part of the primary key of a table row (which differentiates it from the following entry), information about the length, and a pointer.

See also:

Concepts of the Database System, Data Storage in B* Trees

 

 

 

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