Separation of DDL and DML - was: Early and late binding.

x wrote:
> With a SQL DBMSs one is forced to separate DDL from DML which may or may not
> be a good thing.

OK - I'm going to bite. In what respects does SQL enforce DDL separate from DML? And if you didn't do it the SQL way, how would you do it?

I suspect I know parts of the answer to the first question - but I do not understand why you think it a bad thing. I have no ideas about the second question yet.

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