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AskSQLTeam
Ask SQLTeam Question
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 Posted - 2002-11-08 : 08:03:39
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| asdfasdofh writes "Why is SQL made in the stoneage? Don't you people have better things to do than work in an ancient programming language???" |
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graz
Chief SQLTeam Crack Dealer
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Posted - 2002-11-08 : 08:03:39
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This really isn't worth posting, but it gave me a chuckle  |
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Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!
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Posted - 2002-11-08 : 08:05:28
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Hmmmm, so that is why you select a name in the admin interface  That was my smartass (US spelling) comment ...Damian |
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Page47
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2002-11-08 : 08:16:05
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| 1969 - 1979 was the stoneage? ... maybe stoned-age ...What's funny is asdfasdofh will probably next be suggesting we look into something modern like XML databases. All the while being ignorant to the fact that that would just be a throwback to the hierarchy model we bagged in favor of SQL ...Jay White{0} |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2002-11-08 : 08:30:18
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| Yes lets all use basic.Actually sql comes from set theory which has almost been around since the stone age.select *from objectswhere objecttype <> 'Dinosaur'order by case when objecttype = 'Raquel Welch' then 0 else 1 endI can imagine was a useful concept (in films anyway).==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
3246 Posts |
Posted - 2002-11-08 : 19:28:58
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| I figured this was the lead-in to another plug for Tutorial D, or whatever that was... |
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Andraax
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2002-11-11 : 03:30:06
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Hehe... One of my buddies at work wrote that while trying to write a procedure to generate random passwords. He was a little bit frustrated with SQL to say the least  He managed to complete the proc on his own though, and says he admires us for sticking with SQL. |
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PaulTeal
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2002-11-28 : 14:51:39
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| Yeah, SQL Developers miss out on the joy and excitement of having to relearn your programming language every two years when it gets re-released. I've got to get a cabinet to store all my VB6 books that are now out of date....Paul Tealsql@partytilyoupop.com |
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PaulTeal
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2002-11-28 : 14:55:54
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1969 - 1979 was the stoneage? ... maybe stoned-age ...What's funny is asdfasdofh will probably next be suggesting we look into something modern like XML databases. All the while being ignorant to the fact that that would just be a throwback to the hierarchy model we bagged in favor of SQL ...Jay White{0}
Can you write a database IN XML? I understand generating XML from a SQL database, but you couldn't actually write a database in XML --could you?Paul Tealsql@partytilyoupop.com |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2002-11-29 : 07:21:18
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| Sure - why not.Anything that can keep data add and update it will do it.You can also create a database in a flat file (try it it's not difficult - I did it with VB2 just before jet was included with vb3 - doh) so using xml for the formatting isn't a problem.To make it worthwhile you will need to make it efficient so lots of routines and structures for entity access - so why bother when it's already been done for you with non-xml databases.A database is a mechanism for storing and retrieving data. XML is more of an interface standard so you wouldn't really want to store in XML as too inefficient.==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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SQL=Stone Age