Posted by Bent Stigsen on 05/15/06 15:16

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> Kenneth Downs wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Kenneth Downs wrote:
>>>
[snip]
>>>>Anybody working with databases must have a reasonable method for
>>>>altering table structures as a regular event and a reasonable way to
>>>>synchronize
>>>>structures and the code that works with them. Not having this will
>>>>cost, and all solutions that seek to re-invent physical implementation
>>>>produce burdens worse than the disease.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I disagree. If you properly plan your installation, you will not need to
>>>change
>>>your tables. Over the years I've designed hundreds of databases; most of
>>>them have never been changed.
>>
>>
>> Sorry to hear that.
>>
>
> My customers aren't. It's because the databases were designed properly in
> the first place.

Sadly not all customers appreciate that. All some care about is the <beep>
dessert topping. I find that a trifle annoying. I utterly refuse to play
along with that. Oh what fun I would have, being a ruthless dictator. chop.
chop.


/Bent

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