Abstract
Most database systems provide database designers with single attribute indexing capability via some form of B+tree. Multi-attribute search structures are rare, and are mostly found in systems specialized to some more narrow application area, e.g. geographic databases. The reason is that no multi-attirbute search structure has been demonstrated, with high confidence. Multi-attribute search is an active area of research. This paper reviews the state of this field and some of the difficult problems, and reviews some recent notable papers.

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