Re: Is it really that bad?
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_golden.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 02:04:14 -0500
Message-ID: <V%Es6.1431$MC6.627656773_at_radon.golden.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 02:04:14 -0500
Message-ID: <V%Es6.1431$MC6.627656773_at_radon.golden.net>
>>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.
>
>I have no clue -- another database language addressed temporal and
>spatial problems thirty-two years ago?
Codd's relational model calls for full support for user defined data types (domains). What else would one need to address these issues? Received on Sat Mar 17 2001 - 08:04:14 CET