From: "Bob Badour" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory References: <8%5p6.2928$cG72.86114471@news.xtra.co.nz> <3aa5201d.6353966@news.gte.net> <3AA55E31.36939556@messagenet.com> <3aa8fb34.4011097@news.gte.net> Subject: Re: Is it really that bad? Lines: 13 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 23:14:16 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.35.144.64 X-Complaints-To: abuse@golden.net X-Trace: radon.golden.net 984288151 207.35.144.64 (Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:22:31 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:22:31 EST Organization: Golden Triangle On Line Inc. >> It is well known that today's relational systems are poor at such things as temporal data, naturally hierarchical systems like BOM, geographical and spacial data. While various extensions have been tried, it is not clear whether The Answer has yet been found for any of these.<< It is well-known that SQL databases are poor at such things precisely because SQL is non-relational. "The Answer" as you call it was found thirty-two years ago, but the vast majority of practitioners are too stubbornly ignorant to recognize it.