Re: Concurrency in an RDB

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 23 Dec 2006 18:03:24 -0800
Message-ID: <1166925804.540163.236960@h40g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

David wrote:
> >
> > Sigh. Regardless of the logical data model, a dbms is a formal logic
> > system. The folks who spend money to build databases expect some return
> > for their investment in the form of correct and useful answers.
>
> That's a good characterisation of an RDB. Not particularly relevant
> to a DB used to store the content for a newspaper.

While I am sore tempted to agree that newspapers run in a logic-free environment, I cannot.

Why praytell are newspapers not in a position to benefit from the relational model?

Marshall Received on Sat Dec 23 2006 - 20:03:24 CST