Re: Storing query language in relations

From: Lauri Pietarinen <lauri.pietarinen_at_atbusiness.com>
Date: 6 Oct 2002 15:29:32 -0700
Message-ID: <e9d83568.0210061429.5aaf7ec0@posting.google.com>

mikharakiri_at_yahoo.com (Mikito Harakiri) wrote in message
> > Are there DBMSs where you can "create" new tables, views, indexes,
> > constraints, etc. just by inserting into the appropriate system
> > tables? So the DDL becomes redundant?
>
> I also thought about it ~yr ago: it is certainly a nice idea. DBA have
> to learn only catalog schema, no stupid DDL.

Well, it has been done

See http://www.mcjones.org/System_R/bs12.html

Lauri Pietarinen Received on Sun Oct 06 2002 - 17:29:32 CDT