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Posted by Dirk Van de moortel on 10/08/05 19:48
"--CELKO--" <jcelko212@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:1128786895.973253.162290@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Let's get back to the basics of an RDBMS. Rows are not records; fields
> are not columns; tables are not files. Then you are mixing data and
> metadata in complete violation of the basic princi-les of data
> modeling.
I'm not mixing data and metadata. Someone else did.
>
> What are you trying to do???
Trying to make the best of someone else's mess without
interfering ;-)
> If you do not get a valid design, you
> will wind up with dynamic SQL, procedural code, IDENTITY columns and
> all kinds of other non-SQL nightmares.
I know.
I will pass the message. In fact I alread have, but they
don't care.
Dirk Vdm
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