Re: Parts explosion with repeated subtrees
Date: 19 Dec 2002 10:53:01 -0800
Message-ID: <c0d87ec0.0212191053.1d7e2211_at_posting.google.com>
>> In short, SQL is a high abstraction language. It is difficult to do
stupid things in the high level language. <<
Difficult, not impossible. I have more faith in stupid people than you do <g>!!
>> Counter examples please. <<
Code with a cursor to update a table that could have been written with a single SQL statement.
Or go to www.dbdebunk.com and read the some of the quotes.
>> Damn, that's a good topic! <<
I think so too.
>> ... the same errors seem to keep on cropping up. <<
which is why a book would work --if they were making new exciting errors, I could not compile them.
>> I suppose, if you called it something like "SQL from Dummies",
you'd get
sued. <<
The DUMMIES people threaten us when the first edition of SQL FOR SMARTIES came out. Welcome to America, the country with 1 lawyer for ecvery 400 citizens! Received on Thu Dec 19 2002 - 19:53:01 CET