| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Web Development Mailing List <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: And now for an example of a different style of |
| Date: | 2004-01-17 02:06:26 |
| Message-ID: | 20040116220449.W13900@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Robert,
>
> > Probably why I now work on the database side; everyone
> > *thinks* they can do design, but people rarely look at a website and think
> > "they should have used 3 tables and a view to handle that data" :-)
>
> You should meet some of my clients:
>
> Exec: "I think we should unify everything on MySQL."
> Me: "But MySQL won't support our reporting tools."
> Exec: "Of course it will."
> Me: "When did MySQL add support for UNION queries and custom functions?"
> Exec: "I don't know. I don't understand this database stuff. That's what I
> have you for."
> Me: sigh
*rofl* we should have an anecdotes section for stuff like this on our web
site ;)
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