Re: REGEXP Conversion
From: joel garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:09:24 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <7496f4ef-2838-43ab-a3ea-a88a1f6831a8_at_s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 10, 9:48 am, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<alvaro.NOSPAMTH..._at_demogracia.com.invalid> wrote:
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:09:24 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <7496f4ef-2838-43ab-a3ea-a88a1f6831a8_at_s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 10, 9:48 am, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<alvaro.NOSPAMTH..._at_demogracia.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> P.S. Why do so many developers think that storing denormalized data in a
> relational database is a good idea?
>
Because they don't understand the difference between a system
denormalizing in a coherent manner versus code monkeys thinking they
can denormalize better for scale-up.
http://codemonkeyism.com/essential-storage-tradeoff-simple-reads-simple-writes/
In some cases, a vendor may also think it is a good thing to keep things difficult, so they can charge for changes/upgrades.
jg
-- _at_home.com is bogus. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/021010-new-russian-botnet-tries-to.htmlReceived on Wed Feb 10 2010 - 14:09:24 CST