Re: The fable of DEMETRIUS, CONSTRAINTICUS, and AUTOMATICUS
From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:15:14 GMT
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:15:14 GMT
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"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:DYednYAjT-8hB-fcRVn-vQ_at_comcast.com...
>
> > As far as how it *ought* to be done, I claim the catalog should be
> > the definitive source of truth, and the DDL should be syntactic
> > sugar for manipulating the catalog. It's conceptually simpler that
> > way.
>
> Can you really build a DBMS that way?
Why wouldn't you be able to?
Marshall
Received on Sat Oct 23 2004 - 21:15:14 CEST