Posted by Ed Prochak on 12/20/07 20:03

On Dec 19, 3:38 pm, steved...@hotmail.com wrote:
> At:-
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.sqlserver.programmi...
>
> Steve Dassin says:-
>
> "If you are truely a beginner then your brain hasn't been filled with
> crazy
> glue yet.
> For application development check out Dataphor. "
>
> I am not yet proficient with SQL, and I'd like to avoid becoming
> proficient with it. There are enough frustrated intellectuals banging
> on about how inadequate it is for me to be virtually certain they're
> right about Dataphor.
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>
> I get the feeling I'm overlooking something horribly simple. :(
>
> ------------------------
>
> Help!
>
> Steve B.


Why jump through hoops to avoid learning SQL?

To be an engineer you need to learn the tools of the trade. To be a
software engineer the tools are languages. SQL is just one more tool.
As more Chem Professor used to say:
"if it works, use it!"

Ed

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