Re: Storing query language in relations
From: Lauri Pietarinen <lauri.pietarinen_at_atbusiness.com>
Date: 6 Oct 2002 15:29:32 -0700
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Date: 6 Oct 2002 15:29:32 -0700
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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 Mon Oct 07 2002 - 00:29:32 CEST