It’s quite frequent to read about the efficiency of relational database systems when executing set based operations. Relational DBMSs are, indeed, efficient when executing set based operations especially when compared to cursor based operations. Of course, the debate can become quite heated, leading some people to excommunicate cursor based operations as the devil incarnate of inefficiency. As in...
Author: Rui (Rui Ribeiro)
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Always chasing the next (software) utopia
The techniques, methodologies and tools at the disposal of those who build software are always improving. New tools are made available, new approaches are presented as the next best thing and often promoted as such. There is nothing wrong with new techniques, methodologies or tools, quite the contrary. We all benefit from such developments,...