Re: Nulls, integrity, the closed world assumption and events

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:28:18 GMT
Message-ID: <CC5th.4013$1x.68062@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

JOG wrote:

> dawn wrote:
>

>>[snip]
>>I have mentioned before, but perhaps not recently, that other than
>>performance issues, I have little interest in what happens under the
>>covers, outside of the interfaces between humans, clients and the DBMS.
>> So, if it is best to put data in 1NF behind the scenes, so be it. I
>>am not convinced that is best, but nor is it a question that concerns
>>me.

What a fucking idiot! She has it entirely fucking backward. Four years ago, she and her ilk showed beyond any doubt that even so-called experts in the shit she pushes don't have a fucking clue what their own designs mean.

Users understand normalized predicates not the shit she pushes. Normalized relations are exactly what the users should interact with because they are simple enough for mere humans to comprehend. The complex shit about pointers, references, clustering multiple values for performance reasons belong hidden from users at the physical level.

Jim, if you are going to interact with the self-aggrandizing ignorant, please call her out on her most blatant horseshit and ignore the irrelevant details.

[snip] Received on Mon Jan 22 2007 - 10:28:18 CST