On 7/17/10 1:26 PM, Thom Brown wrote: > On 17 July 2010 21:23, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Thom Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> While they're quite attractive, I actually see them being more >>> confusing than helpful personally, but I could be wrong. I reckon >>> there might be clearer ways of representing statement options. The >>> real problems with the railroad design come when there are lots of >>> references to other diagrams, and you end up with about 10 just for 1 >>> statement. >>> >>> Is there a way of testing their usefulness? >> >> Personal experience? I used to find them quite useful when I was >> starting out with Informix. >> > > I guess I'm quite used to the existing statement definitions. It's an > elegant idea, just wondering if it scales sanely. Are the examples of > more complex statements?
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