Re: OT: Database design question

Nuno,

   You're missing on the main quality of "generic" databases ;-):   

   If you add a column to a table, it's development.    If you insert a row in a table, it's "parameterization" and it justifies the fact that your COTS package can do everything including the kitchen sink.

   Moreover, in one case the job can be done by a (relatively low paid) developer, while in the second one it requires an overpriced functional consultant.

Stéphane Faroult   

On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 18:57 +1100, Nuno Souto wrote:
> Well, it's certainly what it was invented for: to avoid
> the problems caused by "generic" databases.
> And why those (the generic dbs) should never be allowed to
> go ahead: they really solve nothing and only create longer
> term problems. Then again, "long term" is something
> contrary to modern "design" techniques, so take your pick....
>

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