Re: Argument for 1NF by counter-example

From: robert <gnuoytr_at_rcn.com>
Date: 24 Oct 2004 10:56:28 -0700
Message-ID: <da3c2186.0410240956.76e4a5d1_at_posting.google.com>


"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote in message news:<clf2ij$64q$1_at_news.netins.net>... <snip>
> Once XQuery includes update capabilities will that be the language on which
> to hang our collective hat? Right now I'd give it at least a 70% chance.
> That doesn't mean that SQL will go away (any more than COBOL has) but that
> new database implementations will use more flexible structures with an
> XQuery language, perhaps? Just thinking outloud. --dawn

if you can refute say, Pascal's, objections to XQuery (lots of other thoughtful people have published on the futility of XML/XQuery, so you're free to pick another); then i'll listen to this drivel.

BobTheDataBaseBoy Received on Sun Oct 24 2004 - 19:56:28 CEST

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