.  See the EK Required Reading for a discussion of the 
   fast writers. 
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<h4><a name="Examples">Examples</a></h4>
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   1)  Append a record to a specified segment. 
 
       Suppose we have an E-kernel named order_db.ek which contains 
       records of orders for data products.  The E-kernel has a 
       table called DATAORDERS that consists of the set of columns 
       listed below: 
 
          DATAORDERS 
 
             Column Name     Data Type 
             -----------     --------- 
 