Re: Relationals vs. Objects Databases I

In article <6am1fp$hsq$1_at_pebble.ml.org>, Joel Garry <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org> writes

>>What it is is a relational database manipulation language. Within that
>>context it is complete or as near complete as makes no difference. We
>>often use cursors for a variety of reasons, but you can perform all your
>>updates using set-based SQL if you really want (but there are
>>drawbacks).
>
>Overly restrictive context. Out here in the real world, it winds up as
>puzzles in database magazines because it is so difficult to apply to real
>problems.

You sure these aren't just like chess puzzles - totally unlikely to be encountered in the "real game".

I guess the people I work for are less demanding, or the databases I design better suited to the purpose.

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Jeremy Rickard

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