Re: Multiple specification of constraints

From: Eric Kaun <ekaun_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 20:47:12 GMT
Message-ID: <kZ43c.22072$2a5.1534@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com>

"mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote in message news:xO43c.93799$Wa.34313_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> After all, the whole point of a DBMS is to have I/O.

You're not really serious? In other words, as long as it's persisted, it doesn't matter what "it" is?

> Those who
> dont want to "waste valuable i/o" on performing database constraint
> or validation checking might consider allocating funds to a get better
> CPU if the validation i/o is not quick enough for the users.

If they don't want to waste time doing that, they probably really don't want to waste time - and money - fixing the inevitable results of data corruption.

Received on Mon Mar 08 2004 - 14:47:12 CST