Re: Relationals vs. Objects Databases I

In article <6al6n4$gc3$1_at_pebble.ml.org>, Joel Garry <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org> writes

>Uh, if you have to embed it to get the functionality, then the SQL isn't
>very complete, is it?

Oh, alright then! SQL isn't a complete programming language. It can't draw pretty pictures or play pretty sounds (unless perhaps you write UDF's for it in another language).

What it is is a relational database manipulation language. Within that context it is complete or as near complete as makes no difference. We often use cursors for a variety of reasons, but you can perform all your updates using set-based SQL if you really want (but there are drawbacks).

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Jeremy Rickard

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