In article <V5Tz8.87695$CH.12075_at_rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>, you said
(and I quote):
> To a degree yes, but I have been places where they did the following because
> not all databases did it the same:
> No Referential integrity
> no triggers
> No function based indexes
> No sequences or auto generated primary keys
> No stored procedures
> All text fields that needed to be very large (eg a LOB) were put into a
> table where the rows were split up in 2K chunks and reassembled for each
> query to that.
> No vendor specific builtins (eg functions like nvl or cast) which means
> almost no functions
> No joins
>
Why would anyone in their right mind use a database back end and not use
any of the above is beyond the reach of mere mortals. And quite within
the grasp of some Germans...
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Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 07:37:08 CDT
