Re: Rearrange columns

From: EdStevens <quetico_man_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 19 Jan 2007 09:18:16 -0800
Message-ID: <1169227095.931388.287760@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>

epokopac_at_excite.com wrote:
> Repeat (100 times):
>
> *** Column order is meaningless in a relational model ***
>
> Column order "may" have been important in the "COBOL" days, but it's a
>
> moot point for RDBMSs.

Suggesting that COBOL and RDBMSs are mutually exclusive? Apples and oragnes. COBOL is a language, RDBMSs are database management systems -- database management systems that can be, and often are, accessed by programs written in COBOL.

"Column order is meaningless in a relational model" is true regardless of the language in which the application was written. If column order proves to be meaningful, it is simply proof that the app - regardles of the language used -- was poorly written. Received on Fri Jan 19 2007 - 11:18:16 CST