Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model
From: Paul Vernon <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:50:27 +0100
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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:50:27 +0100
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"Jan.Hidders" <hidders_at_hcoss.uia.ac.be> wrote in message
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> > The only things they provide that
> >cannot be done using core model concepts, are things that explicitly do
not
> >want to be in the hands of users.
>
> What they provide is the illusion that you are the only one who is allowed
> to use the database at the moment and everybody else has to wait. .
At the cost of other users having to wait.
If you cannot trust your users, the concept of user visible transactions is wrong IMO.
Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services
Received on Thu Oct 17 2002 - 20:50:27 CEST