Re: The MySQL/PHP pair

> It almost looks like the more we remove from an RDBMS, the more
productive
> our development environment becomes.

I realize it's been addressed before in fits and starts, but this might be worth a deeper go-round. I've never understood the RDBMS as a barrier, and am wondering which of the following, and in what proportions, this idea is influenced by: a) the programming environment (e.g. multivalue (MV) systems' integrated environment)
b) expressiveness (the "language-based" aspect of MV - Dawn focuses here, but I'm still fuzzy on what, as the locus of expression, is most important)
c) empowerment (giving developers control over the database, rather than a DBA approving and authorizing)

d) constraints vs. the lack of them
e) hierarchies vs. relations
f) sheer cost of commercial RDBMSs making the cost:benefit ratio bloat
g) something about the data model itself (or lack thereof)
h) (ominous music) Other

Sorry to bring this up again - feel free to shout me down (is that a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down, then?).

• erk