Re: Big disappointment with Postgres

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:iilcre$mlt$1_at_news.eternal-september.org...
> Mladen Gogala wrote,on my timestamp of 6/02/2011 3:54 AM:
>
>>
>>> Triggers are evil!
>>>
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>> Yes they are evil. I saw more then one trigger which badly messed things
>> up. Triggers are also necessary for implementing business logic.
>
>
> Humm, that is one of the very few times I totally disagree with TK.
> Not all triggers are evil.
>
> Data level triggers are definitely in that class - *if* used
> irresponsibly.
> Database level triggers are very convenient and necessary in many cases.
>
> Given the purpose and objective of each is completely different and
> addresses completely different needs, would it hurt TK too much to qualify
> that statement?
>
> Otherwise we can also state that
>
> "SQL is evil"
>
> because plenty of folks can provide examples of such and therefore "prove"
> it.
>
> Blanket statements with no context qualification whatsoever serve no
> purpose.
>
> Otherwise we're gonna end up with another "rebuild indexes is evil"
> crusade, which really does nothing else than sell books and consultancy...

Relational databases are evil. Let's go NoSQL :-) Received on Sun Feb 06 2011 - 14:35:54 CST