Re: Dynamic column specification in table update

From: Louis Davidson (dr_dontspamme_sql_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/08/04 

Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 10:48:43 -0500

Cannot disagree with you here, though it doesn't bother me too much, other
than the litigous side of it. Sounds largely free market to me, since we
are not "forced" to use Microsoft products. I don't like the government
involved in anything really, and I am not sure what kinds of laws could
destroy Open Source, but I am pretty sure that they will be as successful as
the entertainment industry will be in crushing piracy. 

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"Joe Celko" <jcelko212@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> >> Strange then that MS are adding Report writing tools right into SQL
> Server? <<
>
> Gasp!  Do suppose that Bill Gates will next try to tie the OS and the
> browser together to prevent browser competition?  Why that would be
> criminal!  Oh, wait a minute, they did try that and it was criminal.
>
> But at least they are not spending billions of dollars to lobby for laws
> that will destroy Open Source.  Oh wait a minute ...  Then there is the
> push for C# because Java was too popular, etc. etc.
>
> mmmm, I think I see a pattern in Microsoft's behavior and it does not
> favor users.  Old farts remember when IBM was Satan and did what was
> called "bundling" with their software until they were forced to stop.
> The ore things change, the more they stay the same :)
>
> --CELKO--
> Please post DDL, so that people do not have to guess what the keys,
> constraints, Declarative Referential Integrity, datatypes, etc. in your
> schema are. Sample data is also a good idea, along with clear
> specifications.
>
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