Re: cdt glossary 0.1.1 (repost)

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:29:11 GMT
Message-ID: <rJyVh.93528$6m4.2343@pd7urf1no>

Brian Selzer wrote:
> ...
> I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to say here. I would
> like to see a definition of transaction that is expressed in terms of what
> is different between successive database states. If you focus on results,
> some of the information submitted by the user is lost in translation.
> That's why I get a bad taste in my mouth when I see the imperatives insert,
> update, and delete translated into assignment.
> ...

That is a paragraph I think I could have written at one time. Today, I think it stands for an attitude that I think is obsessive and technocratic (eg. anti-humanist) although I wouldn't go so far as to call it by the four-letter word that is usually taken to mean the same thing. I don't intend that comment to demean you but I hope you will be able with time to explore other perspectives as you obviously have technical ability.

p Received on Wed Apr 18 2007 - 19:29:11 CDT