Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

From: "Anthony W(dot) Youngman" <thewolery(at)nospam(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL
Date: 2003-10-05 20:51:17
Message-ID: xTDLP1CFRIg$Ewjw@thewolery.demon.co.uk
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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 ...

Cheers,
Wol
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Anthony W. Youngman - wol at thewolery dot demon dot co dot uk
Witches are curious by definition and inquisitive by nature. She moved in. "Let
me through. I'm a nosey person.", she said, employing both elbows.
Maskerade : (c) 1995 Terry Pratchett

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