Re: The stupidest design I ever saw

Marshall Spight wrote:
> Joseph Kesselman wrote:
> > Mikito Harakiri wrote:
> > > <node id=0 parent_id=null label='A'>
> >
> > Whatever that is, it isn't XML. XML attribute values must be quoted.
>
> Exactly. Once you put quotes around the attribute values, the
> design becomes really good, because text based formats are
> flexible and nice. You can just put in whatever you want. That's
> the right way to manage structured data. "Traditional" databases
> are no good, because tables are flat, and the real world is tree
> structured.

Did you have someone write this post for you, Marshall? Even I wouldn't make your "the real world is..." statement and some might expect it from me ;-) Do you want to withdraw it or is that a statement of faith on your part? --dawn Received on Thu Apr 06 2006 - 02:26:30 CEST