Re: FW: Why there is no controlfile in Informix like Oracle ?

Posted in 2004

Art S. Kagel — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 08:46:00 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:48:54 -0400, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > Neil Truby wrote: > >> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote : >>>That said ... Oracle does provide the tools to make what I did impossible >>>if someone knows what they're doing and applies them to the database >>>instance. >> >> I sense i'm going to regret asking this, but wouldn't it be better to >> provide tools to make doing something stupid impossible if you *don't* know >> what you're doing ....? > > No. If you try to make something foolproof, you find the fools are far > cleverer than you evber dreamed possible, and they invent a new way of > abusing your foolproof system > My favorite version of Jonathan's and Scott's aphorisms is: The problem with making things foolproof is that fools are so devious! Art S. Kagel

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Mark Townsend — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 05:53:21 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

You can make things fool proof but not damn fool proof.

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Art S. Kagel — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 07:35:01 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 01:53:21 -0400, Mark Townsend wrote: > You can make things fool proof but not damn fool proof. That sounds like a Will Rogers quote. Art S. Kagel

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