Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

>>>>> "Josh" == Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:

>> "Relational" is all about theory and proving things
>> mathematically correct. "MV" is all about engineering and
>> getting the result. And if that means pinching all the best
>> ideas we can find from relational, then we're engineers - of
>> course we'll do it :-)

Josh> "Relational" is all about preserving the *long-term*
Josh> integrity, utility, and accessability of your data. "MV" is
Josh> all about getting an expedient result immediately and to
Josh> heck with the future.

To emphasize the *long-term* - relational is all about separating
physical database representation from a logical view of the data.

Josh, I'll be happy to meet at Intermezzo - after Nov 24 perhaps. I
have a conference deadline .. the papers that we write "just to secure
funding" - your tax dollars at work. Long live the NSF !

BTW, I'm not necessarily that far from your views. There is, however,
more to an XML database than just storing data - relational databases
do just fine there. The tools that are used to build database systems
have other uses - for instance XML message brokers.

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