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> Michael Kay wrote:
> > Relational databases are a very useful tool, there are some
> jobs they are
> > very good at (mainly the kind of jobs that people used
> punched cards for 50
> > years ago).
>
> They do handle numbers and characters quite well, but you're
> describing the
> strengths of vintage-1980s SQL technology. A lot has changed.
>
> Many of the SQL platforms have evolved to a universal
> database model
I chose my words very carefully. I said "relational databases", and that's
what I was talking about. I wasn't referring to products that were once
relational databases but no longer are.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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