Re: No to SQL? Anti-database movement gains steam

From: Pedro Alvarez Espinoza <raindoctor_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:56:44 -0700
Message-ID: <b86c876f0907031356l5947b5d8n82300a83fe7be02b_at_mail.gmail.com>

I Date's remarks on the existing 'relational' dbms vendors are brilliant. However, is it practically possible to come up with O(1) joins?

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Cary Millsap <cary.millsap_at_method-r.com>wrote:

> After listening to Chris Date at the symposium last March, I'm more
> convinced than ever that if (a) SQL were truly relational and (b) people
> actually adhered to relational design principles, there would be a far
> greater proportion of correctly-functioning high-speed applications in the
> world today.
>
> Cary Millsap
> Method R Corporation
> http://method-r.com
>
>

--
http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l

Received on Fri Jul 03 2009 - 15:56:44 CDT