Re: RDBMS Comparisons

From: Loki <base@alpha.freya.vinland.rad.mgh.mcgill.ca> > >Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: Loki <base@alpha.freya.vinland.rad.mgh.mcgill.ca> > >>In comp.databases Carfield Yim <c8133594@comp.polyu.edu.hk> wrote: > > >> > Maybe post a attachment is better. > >>It would, but that would violate binary posting in a non-binary group. > > A .txt attachement doesn't. :-) > >Yes it would, since as an attachment, it would be encoded in UUencoding, >XXencoding, BASE64, or BinHex, and that *is* binary. > >Any attachment, no matter what the original was (even plain text) is >considered a binary because you necessarily have to encode it, otherwise >it wouldn't be an attachment. > >This is a good way to get newsgroups automatically deleted off numerous >NNTP servers, since many sites use automatic scripts that scan newsgroups >for binaries in non-binary groups, and deletes the group (yes, the ng, >very draconian that) > >Also, if any one has cancelbots sitting on newsgroups cancelling binary >postings, this would be canceled instantly. I get so many MIME HTML postings, I don't think compdatabasesinformix would reject your "binary"... :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Loki <base@alpha.freya.vinland.rad.mgh.mcgill.ca> >> >>Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > From: Loki <base@alpha.freya.vinland.rad.mgh.mcgill.ca> >> >>In comp.databases Carfield Yim <c8133594@comp.polyu.edu.hk> wrote: >> >> >> > Maybe post a attachment is better. >> >>It would, but that would violate binary posting in a non-binary group. >> > A .txt attachement doesn't. :-) >> >>Yes it would, since as an attachment, it would be encoded in UUencoding, >>XXencoding, BASE64, or BinHex, and that *is* binary. >> >>Any attachment, no matter what the original was (even plain text) is >>considered a binary because you necessarily have to encode it, otherwise >>it wouldn't be an attachment. >> >>This is a good way to get newsgroups automatically deleted off numerous >>NNTP servers, since many sites use automatic scripts that scan newsgroups >>for binaries in non-binary groups, and deletes the group (yes, the ng, >>very draconian that) >> >>Also, if any one has cancelbots sitting on newsgroups cancelling binary >>postings, this would be canceled instantly. > I get so many MIME HTML postings, I don't think compdatabasesinformix would > reject your "binary"... :-) That's not an attachment, that's a misconfigured webbrowser someone is using in lieu of a real newsreader, so that they can fill up newsservers with useless duplicates in 1000% more space that would be used in plain text; and how would HTML help?