Re: Did Joe Celko say this ? "Worse than MySQL: Just Ms Access"

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:19 GMT
Message-ID: <nW7zh.4588$R71.68529_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>


Evan Keel wrote:

> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:XJ5zh.4525$R71.67341_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>

>>cesarvegamx_at_gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>
>>>What do you think? (Before you ask, yes, I'm taking medications, lol)
>>
>>Oh, I suppose that might explain why you would bother with Joe in the
>>first place.

>
> Bob, what is your problem with Celko.

Joe is a twit who has done irreparable harm to our industry through his endless self-promotion.

  In other newsgroups I have found his
> SQL solutions quite useful.

I feel your pain.

  Is it his theory (or maybe lack of) that you
> have a problem with? He does a great explanation of how SELECT works in
> theory, and his nested set solution is slick. Interested in your response.

Joe wouldn't know theory if it bit him on the ass. Kludges, workarounds and simplistic recipes are NOT what our industry needs. Received on Sat Feb 10 2007 - 01:00:19 CET

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