Re: Transactions: good or bad?

"Todd Bandrowsky" <anakin_at_unitedsoftworks.com> wrote in message news:af3d9224.0306090743.6fd2b43d_at_posting.google.com...
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> A theoretical data model is useless if it cannot be implemented.

I would say, rather, that a data model is flawed if it cannot be implemented. Or you could say "broken."

> While it is useful to start a design with a
> theoretical model considered without implementation, if, it turns out
> that the theoretical model nicely shoved some theoretically impossible
> to implement glitch under the covers of implementation, then the
> theoretical model must give way to practical engineering.

I would say, rather, that if while implementing a theoretical model, you discover that the model is flawed, then you should stop your implementation and fix the model!

Marshall Received on Mon Jun 09 2003 - 17:51:35 CEST