Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?

From: Tony <andrewst_at_onetel.net.uk>
Date: 19 Jun 2004 04:51:51 -0700
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"Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<L4l1l0HM7y0AFwZd_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>...
> Was it Knuth that said "premature optimisation is the worst evil"?

I don't know, but YOU are the one who wants to optimise prematurely, i.e. while designing the database. The relationalists prefer to optimise at the last possible moment, i.e. when we know what the query is. Received on Sat Jun 19 2004 - 13:51:51 CEST

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