Sean MurthyDec 13, 2023

"9 reasons SQL has got to go"

Alt title: "How I conflate a storage technology and a query language"

[Man does have some points, but sadly old complaints and no solutions]

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711272/9-reasons-sql-has-got-to-go.html

#dataManagement #relational #RelationalDataModel #sql #technology #storage #querying

9 reasons SQL has got to go

Why is the language developers and DBAs use to organize our data such a mess? Here are nine reasons we wish we could quit SQL, even though we probably won't.

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Old Fucking PunkDec 7, 2023
Type Inheritance & Relational Theory: Subtypes, Supertypes, and Substitutability by C. J. Date really nails down type inheritance, and shows how almost all OOPLs have it wrong. e.g., the "diamond problem" isn't an actual problem, just bad implementation.
The Shlaer-Mellor Commons needs to address this in the Shlaer-Mellor generalization rules. Finally, something juicy to work on!
#ShlaerMellor
#RelationalDataModel