Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

From: bbadour(at)golden(dot)net (Bob Badour)
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL
Date: 2003-10-06 21:59:28
Message-ID: cd3b3cf.0310061359.6d158071@posting.google.com
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"Anthony W. Youngman" <thewolery(at)nospam(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote in message news:<xTDLP1CFRIg$Ewjw(at)thewolery(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>...
> In article <3F7F8E1A(dot)474(at)ix(dot)netcom(dot)com>, Lee Fesperman
> <firstsql(at)ix(dot)netcom(dot)com> writes
> >If you don't care for mathematical principles, there's always ad-hoc database
> >models.
> >Check out Pick, OO and XML databases. They're interested in what works and
> >ignore
> >elegance and mathematical principles.
>
> Mathematical principles? You mean like Euclidean Geometry and Newtonian
> Mechanics? They're perfectly solid, good, mathematically correct. Shame
> they don't actually WORK all the time in the real world.
>
> That's what I feel about relational, too ...

That explains the generally poor quality of your posts. You substitute
emotion for reason.

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