> > Argh, my analogy afforded you too many interpretations :) What does
> > an expert mechanic use if none of his fixed size wrenches fit an
> > odd/uncommon size nut or bolt?
>
> The comparison to Databases? the tinkerer will work on Xcel
> spreadsheets and ACCESS databases and cannot use ORACLE or SYBASE
> because they really do not understand (have the SQL skills/tools) to
> mess with it.
Could you post a SQL script to represent/query the things in the
original post? Then I would like to add/modify the original data to
simulate the equivalent of a non-standard size bolt and see how the
tools (RM vs XDb2) handle such situations.
Received on Mon Nov 08 2004 - 17:12:39 CST
