Re: deductive databases

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 17:07:07 +0200
Message-ID: <i8s681h5vi6oq1da8oei2qobp147d17upg@4ax.com>

On 12 May 2005 06:59:18 -0700, "-CELKO-" <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net> wrote:

>I don't think I would call Oracle "State of the Art";

I agree.

>Standard SQL has the SQL/PSM and CTE (Common Table Expressions), so we
>are computationally complete. But the truth is that most commercial
>users do not need recursion to do a payroll, keep an inventory, etc.

I disagree, most commercial users would need recursion to solve the part explosion problems of most inventory systems.

Regards Received on Thu May 12 2005 - 10:07:07 CDT