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By bloid
via whydoeseverythingsuck.com
Published: Mar 25 2008 / 16:50
The relational database is becoming increasingly less useful in a web 2.0 world. The reason for this is that, while the relational database model is great for storing information, it is horrible for storing knowledge. By knowledge I mean information that has value beyond the narrow current conception of the given application. I mean information that can have enduring value. In this context, one might say knowledge is information in non-disposable form.
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dglasser replied ago:
This post should win an award for stupidity.
dzonelurker replied ago:
"My name is Hank Williams."
It's a hoax. Better listen to a Hank Williams song!
jfb3 replied ago:
Dumb. You can, and professional DBAs *do* build relationships between entities outside of those entities.
Kenneth Downs replied ago:
What he does not know far exceeds what he knows.
heartsjava replied ago:
Wow, the dumbness of that article made my brain hurt.
"The reason it is bad is because it means that in order to create new relationships between different object types we need to modify those object types. For example, if the developer decides to allow payment records to be connected to invoices, either the structure of the payment record or of the invoice must change."
Apparently the author has not heard of join tables.
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