John Fereira wrote:
> Tim Spalding wrote:
>> I think there's a real opportunity for empowerment here. Teach a man
>> to SELECT and he'll never have to, um, fish again.
> Define "understand SQL". I can't help but be concerned about the
> adage "knows just enough to be dangerous". I've seen some systems
> brought to their knees in terms of performance as a result of a couple
> of poorly constructed queries.
Not to mention the different variations, depending on SQL dialect, on
"DELETE * FROM Title" or "DELETE Title" or ... :)
... some of them by folks who should know better
Walter Lewis
who appreciates databases with transactional point in time restores
Received on Sun Aug 10 2008 - 09:39:14 EDT