RE: Database in Redhat Linux

From: Robert Stuart <Robert.Stuart@nfer-nelson.co.uk> > >OC> Errrr....OK, so what is a valid alternative? > >When people say 'SQL database' I assume they mean a database based on the >Relational Model. (I have a pretty low opinion of SQL as a language for >relational databases - even if it is the best we have.) > >You *could* consider the Network Model using CODASYL (spelling???) - I hate >it. > >There is also the Hierarchical Model - a precursor to the network model. >If >you count the complete environment, then your UNIX and DOS file trees are >similar (I didn't say identical, - I've never played with a DB system >claiming to be based on the hierarchical model). This must be some new meaning of the word "valid" of which I was not previously aware... _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com