Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From bbadour@golden.net (Bob Badour)
Subject Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL
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Msg-id cd3b3cf.0310061359.6d158071@posting.google.com
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In response to Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL  (Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>)
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"Anthony W. Youngman" <thewolery@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<xTDLP1CFRIg$Ewjw@thewolery.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <3F7F8E1A.474@ix.netcom.com>, Lee Fesperman
> <firstsql@ix.netcom.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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