Re: Examples of SQL anomalies?

"Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2ac172b2-d240-42e6-910c-bb63661e3b4d_at_m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> <<I am more inclined to believe that the user is better able
> to make educated guesses than the system.>>
> And what allows you to claim such thing ? Users guessing makes
> database system useless in the first place.
>

The users know what the data is supposed to mean. The system hasn't a clue.

> <<Ask yourself this: would the user be informed that the answer to his
> query is the result of an extrapolation? >> Does he need to?

I would think so...otherwise he might try to justify an invasion because the extrapolation of what is known to be the case happens to be that the subject rogue nation is developing or stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. In the case of Iraq, President Bush may have ordered the invasion anyway, but would have had a lot less support in the international community if it were known beforehand that Saddam didn't posses any WMD. In the case of Iran, however, it is known that the Iranian President has vowed to destroy Israel, that he is certifiable, and that Iran's nuclear energy program could be a cover for developing nuclear weapons. It is also known that Iran has defied the international community and the IAEA in its continuing to refine uranium. Therefore, extrapolating from what is known, is it safe to assume that Iran, due to its defiance, is secretly developing nuclear weapons? Should we then support Israel's imminent preemptive strike against Iran? Or should the United States, in an effort to avoid a conflagration amongst the nations in the middle-east, strike instead? Received on Sun Jul 06 2008 - 06:35:18 CEST