Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model

"mountain man" <prfbrown_at_magna.com.au> wrote in message news:<_4Oi9.36757$g9.105141_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...

> My term "evolution" simply recognises that there are a multitude
> of forces at play, beyond any one corporation or individual.

Fair enough. :-)

> > Your suggestions revolves around the assumption that today's DBMSs are
> > a capable environment for application development.
>
> I have demonstrated with R&D on MS SQLServer over the last 2 years
> that at least this RDBMS provides such a capable environment.

Hmmm... I am familiar with SQL Server and would have to strongly disagree. Imperative programming for SQL Server is done in "Transact SQL" which is probably one of the worst languages I have ever encountered. There is a running joke in our office that the only thing consistent in TSQL is it's inconsistency. TSQL aside, SQL Server definitely is not capable of enforcing more than basic integrity constraints (real time, and even WITH triggers).

> The capability of the RDBMS software environment has risen steeply
> over the last few years (at least with SQLServer). It may well be that
> the microsoft product is unique, but my research tells me otherwise.

They add feature after feature, while ignoring fundamental issues. :-)

Regards,

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Nathan Allan