Re: SQL Humor

From: AK <AK_TIREDOFSPAM_at_hotmail.COM>
Date: 19 Aug 2005 12:31:15 -0700
Message-ID: <1124479875.400032.57430_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

>>
>>> In fact, those ugly length
>limited datatypes are just artifacts of the early SQL days,
><<

>on the contrary, it is a very powerful tool in enforsing data integrity

Oh? How?
<<

by declaring STATE_CODE CHAR(2) I don't let old style abbreviations 'Fla' and 'Ill' in

by declaring COUNTRY_CODE CHAR(3), etc. Received on Fri Aug 19 2005 - 21:31:15 CEST

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