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Elektrified X.org releasedElektrified X.org releasedPosted Dec 1, 2004 8:53 UTC (Wed) by Wol (guest, #4433)In reply to: Elektrified X.org released by khim Parent article: Elektrified X.org released
"Tree-like information should live in a tree". I couldn't agree more!
And I'm going to get shafted for this by the relational crew, but relational theory is CRUD! Look at C&D's first rule - "data is stored as rows and columns". What real-world data comes as rows and columns? NONE of it as far as I can see. Pretty much all of C&D's rules have as much mathematical basis in fact as Euclid's rule that "parallel lines never meet".
And that rule of Euclid, by being wrong, held back geometry for 2000 years. Real world data does NOT come in neat two-dimensionsal packages. Therefore real world data does NOT belong in relational databases.
That's not to say relational theory doesn't have its uses - it is very useful. But by trying to force everything into its own (faulty) mould, it does the rest of the world a major dis-service.
Cheers,
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Elektrified X.org released Posted Dec 1, 2004 11:33 UTC (Wed) by evgeny (subscriber, #774) [Link] > And that rule of Euclid, by being wrong, held back geometry for 2000 years.
Poor Newton. He could discover the general relativity, if not that stupid greek. Was it an attempt at troll?
> Real world data does NOT come in neat two-dimensionsal packages. Therefore real world data does NOT belong in relational databases.
Do some text-book reading before posting, please.
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