Re: storing survey answers of different data types
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:51:54 -0300
Message-ID: <49ef2eee$0$5478$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
>>Roy Hann wrote:
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>>>Bob Badour wrote:
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>>>>lawpoop wrote:
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>>>>>On Apr 22, 6:33 am, cim..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
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>>>>>>The solution Roy refers to is about serious design where very little
>>>>>>material of value has been posted on Google. Grabbing a good book and
>>>>>>reading will help you even more.
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>>>>>That sounds wonderful! :) Can you give me a title?
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>>>>_Practical Issues In Database Management: A Reference for the Thinking
>>>>Practitioner_ by Fabian Pascal.
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>>>I was going to mention that one. (I have an autographed copy that Fabian
>>>gave me!) But I decided his much earlier book is the nearest thing
>>>to "Relational Databases for Beginners" that anyone has ever written.
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>>This is true. However, I don't recall it getting into subtypes
>>explicitly. It has been a while; I could be wrong about that.
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:51:54 -0300
Message-ID: <49ef2eee$0$5478$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Roy Hann wrote:
> Bob Badour wrote: > >
>>Roy Hann wrote:
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>>>Bob Badour wrote:
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>>>>lawpoop wrote:
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>>>>>On Apr 22, 6:33 am, cim..._at_hotmail.com wrote:
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>>>>>>[Snipped]
>>>>>>The solution Roy refers to is about serious design where very little
>>>>>>material of value has been posted on Google. Grabbing a good book and
>>>>>>reading will help you even more.
>>>>>
>>>>>That sounds wonderful! :) Can you give me a title?
>>>>
>>>>_Practical Issues In Database Management: A Reference for the Thinking
>>>>Practitioner_ by Fabian Pascal.
>>>
>>>I was going to mention that one. (I have an autographed copy that Fabian
>>>gave me!) But I decided his much earlier book is the nearest thing
>>>to "Relational Databases for Beginners" that anyone has ever written.
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>>This is true. However, I don't recall it getting into subtypes
>>explicitly. It has been a while; I could be wrong about that.
> > I am certain you are correct, but what it does cover it gets right. > That is no mean feat for a book that talks about SQL.
It's sad that Fabian lost interest in the subject.
His books addressed a very important and generally overlooked niche. I wonder whether anyone will ever take up that mantle. Received on Wed Apr 22 2009 - 16:51:54 CEST