Re: Impossible Database Design?

From: Jan Hidders <hidders_at_gmail.com>
Date: 02 Oct 2013 05:23:41 GMT
Message-ID: <162566821402383737.085264hidders-gmail.com_at_news.xs4all.nl>

Derek Asirvadem <derek.asirvadem_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 17 May 2006 21:42:42 UTC+10, -CELKO- wrote:
>

>> A better and cheaper cholice would be to download the PDF book by Rick
>> Snodgrass at the University of Arizona website.  Rick has been doing
>> temporal RDBMS work for over 20+ years and has actual SQL code in the
>> major dialects in his book, as well as accepted theoretical basis.

>
> The Snotgrass book is a pure abortion. Minus the vacuum tubes. He is a
> long-term "researcher" at the Microshaft University. That should tell
> you something. If you want to fail completely, while thinking that you
> are succeeding, this is the book to read. It is available free, like
> porn on the web and syphilis.
>
> The Date and Darwen books are yesterdays abortions, re-hashed and
> re-titled. Good for training your mind to think like a schizophrenic.
>
> The Lorentzos book is very good, but heavy on the theoretical side.

Really? You liked "Temporal Data & the Relational Model" by Date, Darwen and Lorentzos?

Didn't see that coming. :-)

-- 
Jan Hidders

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