Re: lies damn lies and benchmarks

In article <KWe*-PPnp_at_news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>, you said (and I quote):
>
> Be careful about mentioning those, Rule 3 in particular (NULL not the
> same as any other datatype).

Hmmm, love to see an implementation of NULL on which EVERYONE agrees... :)

> I don't see anything in the Codd's rules about lock implementation. It
> is nice to have these features in a database though.

It's not just the rules. It's a lot of other things that are needed to be called a database "management" system. Some I've outlined. I'm sure that others would be found.

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Nuno Souto
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