Re: Newbie question on table design.
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:24:27 GMT
Message-ID: <LwaYh.131527$DE1.12769_at_pd7urf2no>
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> Not entirely sure I understand this, but I suspect I agree. I think
> keeping history involves a "separate" database, even though I don't have
> a simple definition of what "separate" means in practice, only that
> operations on separate db's mightn't always give the same results given
> the same values.
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> p
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:24:27 GMT
Message-ID: <LwaYh.131527$DE1.12769_at_pd7urf2no>
paul c wrote:
> Cimode wrote:
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>> ... Historising tables in any form of shape is a hack. If a >> DBMS requires so much operations to historize information what's the >> point using it in the first place? >> ...
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> Not entirely sure I understand this, but I suspect I agree. I think
> keeping history involves a "separate" database, even though I don't have
> a simple definition of what "separate" means in practice, only that
> operations on separate db's mightn't always give the same results given
> the same values.
>
> p
By the way, sorry for the mysticism!
p Received on Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:24:27 CEST