Re: The fable of DEMETRIUS, CONSTRAINTICUS, and AUTOMATICUS

"Tony Andrews" <andrewst_at_onetel.com> wrote:

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>Excellent. Now let's see how Kenneth does it using only uniqueness and
>foreign keys, and without the aid of a safety net ;-)

     And a half-starved, man-eating sabertooth tiger below? <BEG>

     I missed that this was a test of Kenneth's proposal. I think he may be feeding the big kitty in an uncomfortable manner.

     I think the date range -- and the tiger, of course -- is the killer.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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