Re: The MySQL/PHP pair

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote:

>"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote in message
>news:cm93fd$g11$1_at_news.netins.net...

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>> > d) constraints vs. the lack of them
>> 10%

>I think you underestimate both the costs of declaring constraints, and the
>cost of not declaring constraints.
>
>I'm going to start a new thread about constraints. I want to explore it
>from a different point of view.

     Please do.

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> It makes sense to bring it up since I have yet to PROVE all of my
>concerns.
>
>Attention, Dan:
>Dawn says that she has yet to PROVE all her concerns. That is why I give
>her the benefit of the doubt. I do not share all of Dawn's concerns.

     I give her the doubt. Hypotheses are nice, but to act on them without proof as if they have been proven is silly. I refuse to grant her the points without proof.

>Perhaps she will learn something from us in the course of dialogue. Perhaps
>we will learn something from her. Perhaps c.d.t. is just the sounds of
>silence. Whatever will be, will be.

     Maybe, she will get past the need for everyone to get past 1NF.

     Maybe, the horse will sing.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.