Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 14:58:51 GMT
Message-ID: <LW__c.43169$3l3.32135_at_attbi_s03>
"Lauri Pietarinen" <lauri.pietarinen_at_atbusiness.com> wrote in message news:e9d83568.0409052248.2524b1d1_at_posting.google.com...
> "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:<2CO_c.112104$9d6.6707@attbi_s54>...
> >
> > Rough idea: views as a mechanism for modularity...
> >
> > The idea of views as a tool for *modularity* specifically
> > is not one I've heard expressed before.
>
> But it has! As I understand it, the view-mechanism was created
> for just THAT purpose, from the very beginning.
I believe you, but I haven't heard the term "modularity" used to describe the value of views. For example, Date typically speaks of views as being a mechanism for schema change management.
> The problems have been
> in implementation: it has taken a long time for the DBMS-shops to take
> updatable views seriously - not that it is a simple problem, but
> probably a lot more could have been done earlier if it had
> been considered an important issue.
Agreed.
Marshall Received on Mon Sep 06 2004 - 16:58:51 CEST