Re: RDBMS : Do we still live in 20th century?

Valentin Tihomirov wrote:
> It is much more convenient to define a type of a column selecting it from a
> combo box of possible types. I create tables only once, fill them with
> columns, set attributes for the columns. Then I set relations between fields
> of different tables. There is absolutely no need to program these scripts
> again and again for every table. Why none of the modern RDBMS I know about
> do not provide the functionality like MS Enterprise Manager does?
>
> Regards,
> Valentin.
>
>
Why should the major database vendors duplicate the functionality of Erwin?

As a DBA I design and create the tables for a project one time.   Although I must admit that it usually takes two or three iterations before we get them right I am able to use Erwin's GUI to modify them as well as create them. Once I am done the application goes into production where those tables tend to be used thousands of times a day for several years.

What I care about is the reliability, efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of the database engine. In order to be able to guarantee the reliability of the database I am quite willing to write my table creation scripts using notepad or vi.

     Jerry Gitomer Received on Thu Jun 26 2003 - 05:41:45 CEST