Re: Database Design

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 14:27:45 -0800
Message-ID: <1073168778.840856@yasure>

Carlos wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1073076799.63465_at_yasure>...
>

>>Stupidity
>>Ignorance
>>Port from mainframe app without invervention of synapses
>>Creation of mediocrity under the banner of platform indepdendence
>>Attitude that your data integrity problems are not their issue
>>Attitude that your data integrity problems are $ for their consultants
>>
>>Not that I have a strong opinion you understand.   ;-)

>
>
> A great example of this is the design used by Oracle Translation
> Builder which I have been recently working with. A tangle of tables
> with no integrity reference constraints (no FK's) between them.
> Are the people at Oracle stupid and/or ignorants? Daniel thinks so...
>
> Regards.

If the shoe fits ... Larry and his folks can wear it.

I will jump to their defense when I think they are right. I will fill 'em with verbal buckshot when I think they are wrong.

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