Getting a little more back on topic, does anyone remember the Microsoft BOB project? A spectacular failure:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001297.html or http://tinyurl.com/n8gmzs Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: 19 August 2009 15:07 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will) On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Alan Bourke<[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, "Stephen Russell" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access to data. > > Isn't that like saying an SQL Select statement is a database ? > -- No the Statement is the message you pass to the API, and the result set or error is the message back. Your app has to catch that message and consume it any way you want. The db is responsible for the API, it's offerings and security. Not the consuming application. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/1ff48ce607bf4042bf0d5eace7c27...@develop ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
