The Terminator seemed to have a good database of general knowledge but I'm not sure if he stored it in fixed width VARCHARs and queried it with SQL. For all of the benefits of relational databases and SQL, are we condemned to their exact incarnation for the next hundred years? or forever.. are they simply perfect in every way?
I have a tendency to start discussions with a fair amount of idealism. But I understand the reality of the world. The Terminator is just pretend. But is it wrong to ask that if one wants data- consistency and ad-hoc queries, SQL databases will be the only choice.. forever. But seems there are plenty of projects trying different approaches. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
