Re: Date's updatable view rules

"Jan Hidders" <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message news:pan.2004.07.24.17.28.30.274191_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be...
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:20:49 +0000, Marshall Spight wrote:
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> > What do people here think about Date's updatable view rules?
> >
> > http://www.dbdebunk.com/page/page/1270150.htm
>
> Too ad hoc. Can IMHO be safely ignored if you are interested in real
> database theory. A more serious approach would be along the lines of:
>
> http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=319634&dl=ACM&coll=portal
>
> http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=50068&dl=ACM&coll=portal
>
> http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=777946&dl=ACM&coll=portal

Alas, acm citations cost $$$. My world is more google/citeseer/netnews than acm.org. If any of the authors of those papers have them on personal webpages, that's great.

What the heck is wrong with those people anyway, charging for content in this day and age? It's like a chick who won't kiss you unless you marry her. $200/year or $10/paper. I can read 3 or 4 papers a week off citeseer, and it costs me nothing.

Marshall Received on Sat Jul 24 2004 - 22:56:16 CEST