Re: Nearest Common Ancestor Report (XDb1's $1000 Challenge)

On 1 Jun 2004 14:44:11 -0700, Neo wrote:

>> > XDb1's data/schema does allow each thing to have 0 to many
>> > names while the provided solution's data/schema does not.
>>
>> Yeah right.
>
>Yes, that is correct, in XDb1 dbs, each thing can have 0 to many
>names. While the earlier versions do have errors in its NLI that
>prevent one from accomplishing as such, one could have used the GUI or
>API.
>
>> 'john's name is johnnyboy.'
>
>Older versions of XDb1 didn't process this correctly. In older
>versions, to accomplish similar via GUI:
(snip)

Hi Neo,

It's incredible, just to see the number of posts with these or similar words. How many errors have I already found? I've lost count. And that without even testing - I'm actually just checking how the things you claim about XDb1 work out in practice, often to find out they don't. I didn't make up any test case myself!

You label it as version 4.4.whatever or 4.5.ever-increasing, which makes it sound like a release version (prerelease versions are usually numbered 0.younameit). Your web site labels the download as a beta version. Yet, I find it to about be as buggy as an early pre-alpha version.

Of course, this doesn't matter to the topic of this discussion. We were not discussing what XDb1 can or can't do, we were discussing my entry to the $1000 challenge you set for a nearest common ancestor report using the relational model.

Would this be a good time to repeat my bank account number?

Best, Hugo

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