Re: The fable of DEMETRIUS, CONSTRAINTICUS, and AUTOMATICUS
From: Paul <paul_at_test.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:29:57 +0100
Message-ID: <417bae60$0$80657$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:29:57 +0100
Message-ID: <417bae60$0$80657$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>
Jonathan Leffler wrote:
> 1. There's a boot-strapping problem. How do you create the initial
Er, hang on a minute...
> load of data in the system catalog that describes the system
> catalog? You can't create the columns in the 'systables' before
> there's a 'syscolumns' table, nor can you create the 'syscolumns'
> table before there's a 'systables'.
Easy - you have a system catalog catalog for your meta-meta data.
Paul. Received on Sun Oct 24 2004 - 15:29:57 CEST