Re: Is it really that bad?

On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:14:16 -0500, "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote:
>>> It is well known that today's relational systems are poor at such things
>as
>temporal data, naturally hierarchical systems like BOM, geographical
>and spacial data. While various extensions have been tried, it is not
>clear whether The Answer has yet been found for any of these.<<
>
>It is well-known that SQL databases are poor at such things precisely
>because SQL is non-relational. "The Answer" as you call it was found
>thirty-two years ago, but the vast majority of practitioners are too
>stubbornly ignorant to recognize it.

I have no clue -- another database language addressed temporal and spatial problems thirty-two years ago?

J. Received on Mon Mar 12 2001 - 17:12:04 CET