Re: database design question

From: Heinz Huber <hhuber_at_racon-linz.at>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 12:36:03 +0100
Message-ID: <3e102fa4$0$24540$91cee783_at_newsreader01.highway.telekom.at>


Tim X wrote:
> "danjourno" <danjourno_at_hotmail.com> writes:
[snip]
> 2. From a practical point of view, I think adding and deleting rows is
> a bad idea. Depending on the database, this can be a very expensive
> operation - I have even seen databases where you could only delete
> the last column in a table.
[snip]

I take it you made a typo and meant columns instead of rows.

I'd be very disappointed with a RDMBS where adding and deleting ROWS is a bad idea ;-)

Heinz Received on Mon Dec 30 2002 - 12:36:03 CET

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