Chapter 4. Characteristics of a great relational database
Louis Davidson
Relational theory isn’t a religion no matter how it may appear—although it has about the same argument-to-agreement ratio. Relational theory is a fairly strict set of principles that have been set up and reasonably well adhered to, not just by intolerant, unbendable, and downright ornery data architects, but by the people who create relational engines to process data. Why are data architect types so interested in doing things in a manner that’s uncomfortable for programmers? Because our goal is to satisfy the relational engine’s need and we don’t worry too much about the fact that a C# coder has to write a bit more code on occasion. Heck, if lines of code and ease of programming ...
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