Re: Solution for 01555

From: vlad <bulk_at_sfatcu.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 10:54:13 GMT
Message-ID: <p7PY9.39112$rM2.33236@rwcrnsc53>

"Sybrand Bakker" <gooiditweg_at_nospam.demon.nl> wrote in message news:03v23v8i0rce6e9t6qj7dbto306ur1fpj5_at_4ax.com...
> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:57:54 GMT, "vlad" <bulk_at_sfatcu.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >A couple of comments. I did not mean to imply that Oracle just introduced
> >consistent reads and its associated problems in 9i. Of course, they've
been
> >bragging about their architecture for much longer than that. All I'm
saying
> >is that, even in its ninth reincarnation, Oracle doesn't protect its
users
> >against snapshot errors, which, in my opinion, the RDBMS should prevent
> >internally.
>
> I don't think ANY RDBMS will ever be capable to protect itself against
> DEVELOPERS trying to be 'SMART'
>

Description of Ad Hominem
Translated from Latin to English, "Ad Hominem" means "against the man" or "against the person."

An Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument. Typically, this fallacy involves two steps. First, an attack against the character of person making the claim, her circumstances, or her actions is made (or the character, circumstances, or actions of the person reporting the claim). Second, this attack is taken to be evidence against the claim or argument the person in question is making (or presenting). This type of "argument" has the following form:

  1.. Person A makes claim X.
  2.. Person B makes an attack on person A.
  3.. Therefore A's claim is false.

The reason why an Ad Hominem (of any kind) is a fallacy is that the character, circumstances, or actions of a person do not (in most cases) have a bearing on the truth or falsity of the claim being made (or the quality of the argument being made). Received on Sun Jan 26 2003 - 04:54:13 CST