Re: Relational data model dead?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Relational data model dead?
Date: 2003-12-15 23:08:15
Message-ID: 16781.1071529695@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> writes:
> Has someone read this: http://www.wiscorp.com/sql/Sql99_p2.zip

I get a "not found"...

> Are this guys at Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation important in the
> SQL99 writing?

Unlikely; if they are of the persuasion that relational DBs are
uninteresting, they'd hardly be spending time working on bigger and
better(?) standards for relational DBs.

"Relational databases are dead" has been a standard academic litany for
years now, but it has nothing to do with the real world AFAICS.

regards, tom lane

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