On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]>wrote:
> Traditional SQL DBs are all about tables/records/fields and relating / > filtering them. > > They use indexes (binary trees etc.) to extract subsets of information > very very fast, this is really the magic of decent RDBMSs, the way they > cleverly decide which of several different strategies best suits the > extraction of a particular subset of data. Interesting. This is the first time I have ever seen the word "cleverly" used in connection with data bases. Every time I look at a schema I think, what an incredibly stupid way to look at the world :-) Perhaps somebody can explain to me why tables aren't brain dead. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
