Posted by Bent Stigsen on 05/16/06 20:38

Kenneth Downs wrote:

> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> A good DBA plans ahead.
>
> ...and a wise man learns to expect the unexpected.
>
>>
>> For instance - try a database with over 75 tables, all interrelated and
>> linked
>> with foreign keys. Over 500K LOC working with this database. Changing a
>> table,
>> even to add a column, is NOT necessarily a minor change. Lots for code
>> to check through.
>>
>
> Ouch, sorry to hear that again, perhaps you should examine your
> architecture
> and your tools? The good news is this kind of ossification can be cured,
> but there is a lot of psychology involved, the patient has to *want* to
> change.

Can't help wonder why you would you say something like that. Are you trying
to make him feel insulted, or just joking because you don't believe putting
a little effort in the database-design process is worth it or possible in
the way Jerry presents it. Either way, if there is a point, could you be a
little more direct please.

/Bent

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