Posted by Ed Murphy on 12/24/06 02:38

--CELKO-- wrote:

>>> SQL people normally use "rows" and "columns", but we understand "records"and "fields" without problem. <<
>
> NO. NO, NO! Newbies -- not SQL people -- use "records"and "fields"
> because they are still thinking in file systems terms and not RDBMS.
> They keep thinking in terms of file systems and not RDBMS. Trust me;
> I teach these people how to program in SQL.

It'd help if you would explain what "thinking in file systems terms"
and "thinking in RDBMS terms" actually mean (for records/rows and for
fields/columns). Writing it once and subsequently giving out the URL
would likely be the most efficient approach.

Without such an explanation, newbies are prone to think "oh, this guy
is just some kook obsessed with unimportant jargon" and dismiss it all.

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