Re: Fabian Pascal and RDBMS deficiencies in fully - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Fabian Pascal and RDBMS deficiencies in fully
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In response to Re: Fabian Pascal and RDBMS deficiencies in fully  (Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
Responses Re: Fabian Pascal and RDBMS deficiencies in fully
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On 6/8/06, Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org> wrote:
> smarlowe@g2switchworks.com (Scott Marlowe) writes:
> > To me, the real argument is, "Is SQL so lacking that it should be
> > replaced".  In what REAL measurable ways is SQL lacking so badly we
> > should toss it and start over?  It's not perfect, that's for sure.
> > But what's the investment on starting over, and the possible
> > traction of a non-SQL database in a largely SQL driven market?
>
> The only visible alternative, at this point, is Tutorial D, and it
> doesn't particularly excite me...

Alphora.  I don't think it meets the definition of market traction
(and it overlays on top of sql), but it's pretty neat.

Merlin

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