Re: codd's 12 Rules

LOL Joe - +1

I always felt that the ability to use RLA is an advantage, not a
liability. But the DB bigots - not the exact word I want but good enough
- just won't buy that.

Cheers
Vern

On 5/17/2013 8:41 PM, Joe Pluta wrote:

Well, since you're saying it's not your opinion, Vern, then I'm not
stepping on your toes by saying that this is, in my opinion (one which I
won't even attempt to hide behind false humility), one of the most
ridiculous assertions ever made in all of programming. To boil it down,
even if the DB2 SQE follows every other stricture and supports every
other feature of SQL (which it does), then it still wouldn't be
relational because you can ALSO access the data via RLA.

Well, to extend that incredibly myopic point of view, then EVERY
database system is non-relational because at the end of the day you can
use a hex editor to change the data in the file.

So, to anyone who says that RLA invalidates the relational nature of
DB2, I say go Hex yourself.

:)