Re: SQL Implementation

bbadour_at_golden.net (Bob Badour) wrote in message news:<cd3b3cf.0310081334.61165a6d_at_posting.google.com>...
> Christopher Browne <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message news:<blvoq5$gug9t$1@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> > Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when bbadour_at_golden.net (Bob Badour) would write:
> > > Christopher Browne <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message news:<blq8h0$fbg2m$1_at_ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> > >> In the last exciting episode, bbadour_at_golden.net (Bob Badour) wrote:
> > >> > "Ryan" <rgaffuri_at_cox.net> wrote in message news:<fQleb.32913$0Z5.25360_at_lakeread03>...
> > >> >> How well do todays databases implement SQL99? I dont think any are
> > >> >> certified. Will they be?
> > >> >
> > >> > More importantly, why would you want them to implement SQL99 ?
> > >>
> > >> Presumably because it was a more recent and more "functional" set of
> > >> specifications than the previous standards.
> > >
> > > It's certainly a more recent document and adds a lot of complexity.
> > > Presuming greater functionality presumes much.
> > >
> > >> Perhaps you think it a poor idea to implement SQL99; it would warrant
> > >> explaining why...
> > >
> > > It's regressive.
> >
> > I was expecting to see more than two words in explanation. That's not
> > any better than responding to the one word "Why?" with "Because",
> > leaving everyone none the wiser.
> >
> > "It's regressive" is not much of an explanation. In fact, I can't see
> > any useful difference between "It's regressive" and not bothering to
> > respond at all.
>
> I did what you requested. If you don't like my explanation, I do not
> care. That's your problem.
Great Social Skills Bob, you should teach a class

> This is not a newsgroup for a grammar school or highschool level
> subject area.

Then why are you posting here?

 Everyone who reads this newsgroup has an obligation to
> educate themselves sufficiently to fully comprehend the causes and the
> consequences of SQL99's regression. If you have not, you have failed
> to meet your obligation to me.

No one owes you anything.

Bob you are an Idiot Received on Tue Oct 21 2003 - 03:03:40 CEST