Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model
Date: 31 Aug 2002 23:16:29 -0700
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Nathan Allan <member_at_dbfoums.com> wrote in message news:<1745087.1030481822_at_dbforums.com>...
Hello Nathan.
> -User interface derivability. It is possible (though never accomplished
> until recently) to provide COMPLETE user interfaces that are derived
> from any perspective of the data. This is only possible due to things
> like updateable views (expressions) and declarative integrity rules.
> People (even relational folks) are very skeptical about this, but I have
> seen it work.
I have dabbled in this a little and have been dreaming about doing it well for quite a while. Could you recommend any reference material, prototypes, products, etc. that you believe are significant contributions toward deriving user interfaces for relational databases?
Any feedback is much appreciated.
+Joel Meulenberg Received on Sun Sep 01 2002 - 08:16:29 CEST