Re: I think that relational DBs are dead. See link to my article inside

From: Cimode <cimode_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 3 Jul 2006 14:27:35 -0700
Message-ID: <1151962055.415933.294770_at_a14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


Hi Neo

Are you having a verbal diarrhea? One of the examples you posted would have been sufficient to demonstrate the nonsense stated...no need to waste time on that...:)

Neo wrote:
> > I sincerely doubt there is anything you can do in a network model DB that cannot be done at least as well in a Relational model DB. Give just ONE example.
>
> I am not sure if this qualifies as anything, but I would like someone
> to demonstrate that RMDBs handle new unknown data requirements with as
> little impact to existing schema/queries/code as network based dbs. To
> verify this, we might:
>
> 1) Have someone specify some data whose structure was previously
> unknown.
> 2) Have the dbs store data.
> 3) Create some basic queries.
> 4) Repeat above steps and compare impact on existing schemas/queries.
Received on Mon Jul 03 2006 - 23:27:35 CEST

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