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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:30:10 -0700, John Jacob wrote:
>Jan Hidders wrote:
>> If those hidden columns can be made visible I don't see why this would be
>> such a big problem. After all, the "information principle" is not some
>> religious dogma but just a well-established well-tested and
>> well-argued engineering principle.
>
> If they could be made visible (TSQL2 certainly does not propose to
> make them visible) then yes, I agree.
You can query them and return them in results of queries. Doesn't sound very "hidden" to me.
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