Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

From: Steve Lancour <stevel_at_lancour.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:20:24 -0500
Message-ID: <N9WdnZe9vtmD4D-iRVn-iw_at_comcast.com>


Bob Badour wrote:
> "Steve Lancour" <stevel_at_lancour.com> wrote in message
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>>Mikito Harakiri wrote:
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>>>"Steve Lancour" <stevel_at_lancour.com> wrote in message
>>>news:mKudnYI38-U5KTyiRVn-gw_at_comcast.com...
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>>>>No, I postulate only one mistake.  If the DBA makes a mistake in setting
>>>>up the constraint the applications may be perfect and yet still corrupt
>>>>data.  Same as if there were a mistake in the example Pick code I

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>>>A mistake in high abstraction language is much less likely then in low

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>>>language.
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>>I don't know.  Perhaps.  But if we can agree that the QA efforts on both

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> We cannot agree on that point. There are too many database operations that
> never go through QA.
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Perhaps in systems you've built but not in mine. Received on Fri Oct 31 2003 - 16:20:24 CET

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