Re: SQL programming fundamentals

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg>wrote:

>
> Some understanding that tables can be viewed as sets and SQL operations
> work on "sets" of data instead of the "row-by-row" approach of procedural
> methods is quite desirable. I've seen people floundering when they can't
> differentiate between the two.
>
>

That's the reply I was looking for.

It's more fundamental than understanding relational theory.

Getting past the hurtle of thinking in a row-by-row context ( slow-by-slow ala Tom Kyte) is probably the hardest concept for procedural programmers to master.

Once you can think in terms of sets rather than rows, it all becomes much clearer.

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