Re: storing survey answers of different data types
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:42:02 -0300
Message-ID: <49f1431c$0$5469$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
>
> Well, I googled "Mott Clamato man" expecting to see some sort of
> literary reference. That's not exactly what I got.
>
> Suffice to say, I was following you until you brought him up. What
> would Mott's Clamato man think?
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:42:02 -0300
Message-ID: <49f1431c$0$5469$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Joe Thurbon wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:05:00 +1000, paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote:
>
>> Bob Badour wrote: >> >>> paul c wrote: >>> >>>> Bob Badour wrote: >>>> >>>>> Joe Thurbon wrote: >>>> >>>> ... >>>> >>>>>> Just wondering, if one of the requirements for a system included >>>>>> something like 'Be able to list all questionnaires', would >>>>>> you still consider one-table-per-questionairre a reasonable design? >>>>> >>>>> Absolutely. It's a simple query from the system catalog. >>>>> ... >>>> >>>> >>>> How do you tell the 'questionnaire' tables from the other tables? >>> >>> However you want. >> >> Well, it's not me, the part-time mystic, I'd like to know how a >> system catalog/catalogue can signify the difference. Seems to me >> that the system becomes the app, which would be okay by me. >> 'Catlog', all due respect to Codd, is not a very useful word. What's >> the point of ddl when dml could suffice? I think it is baggage, >> mostly due to the physical limits of thirty or more years ago. >> DBMS's would be different today if not for those, and thirty years >> from now, most developers won't even know and a few might start to >> think like the Mott's Clamato man. So there!
>
> Well, I googled "Mott Clamato man" expecting to see some sort of
> literary reference. That's not exactly what I got.
>
> Suffice to say, I was following you until you brought him up. What
> would Mott's Clamato man think?
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
He would think vodka and celery make a nice drink. Received on Fri Apr 24 2009 - 06:42:02 CEST