Re: Multiplicity, Change and MV

From: dawn <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com>
Date: 13 Apr 2006 18:56:45 -0700
Message-ID: <1144979805.154358.118690_at_u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>


Bob Badour wrote:
> B Faux wrote:
<snip>
>
> > Ok, I'm gonna take a stab at this from a 'classic MV' perspecitve, ala Pick.
>
> Why would anyone bother with that POS. We established three or four
> years ago that PICK is dangerously unstable. Simple changes in the
> schema alter the meaning of existing queries with nothing to indicate or
> warn about the change.
>
> Only a complete idiot would use that mess.

I think that would include Merrill Lynch, Dell, Hyatt, Whirlpool, Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, Chrysler, Reynolds & Reynolds, Cabelas, IBM, British Airways, Anheuser-Busch, Neiman Marcus Ethan Allen, Magna, Bank of America, Datatel, ADP, American Express, John Deere, Ultradata, Easton, Dana, Agilisys automotive, HealthLink, Lens Express, Rooms to Go, Upper Deck and many, many more companies. Oh, and me, Bob. smiles. --dawn Received on Fri Apr 14 2006 - 03:56:45 CEST

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