Re: database design question

Heinz Huber <hhuber_at_racon-linz.at> writes:

> Tim X wrote:
> > "danjourno" <danjourno_at_hotmail.com> writes:
> [snip]
> > 2. From a practical point of view, I think adding and deleting rows is
> > a bad idea. Depending on the database, this can be a very expensive
> > operation - I have even seen databases where you could only delete
> > the last column in a table.
> [snip]
>
> I take it you made a typo and meant columns instead of rows.
>
> I'd be very disappointed with a RDMBS where adding and deleting ROWS
> is a bad idea ;-)
>
Doh! Should write forward what I read more carefully ..._at_!%@ I mean I should read back what I type more carefully - yes of course I meant columns, not rows. I agree, a database which made it difficult to add/delete rows would not be much of a database!

Tim

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