yet another round of Fabian Pascal, C.J. Date - relational model, NULLs, Xquery, etc.

From: Paul Drake <discgolfdba_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:32:33 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <20040628223233.72481.qmail@web20412.mail.yahoo.com>

straight off of /. (http://slashdot.org) I have not yet RTFA for these yet, (I will) but I wanted to get the first post ;P

ok, here comes the fodder.
remember to keep your mouth closed while chewing.

Date defends relational model
http://searchoracle.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid41_gci962949,00.html

"Among the barriers to the relational model, Date said, is the Structured Query Language (SQL)."

""The biggest problem with SQL is that it does not implement the relational model," Date said, and named NULLs as a particular pet peeve."

If You Liked SQL,You'll Love XQUERY
http://www.dbazine.com/pascal19.shtml

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