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"Error establishing a database connection" Perfect.

• gsteph22 17y ago
  I got HackerNewsDotted. Amazing.
• caffeine 17y ago
  “Well, shit. It’s not SQL. What do I do now?” Fantastic.
• Retric 17y ago
  Nahh perfect would have been if they hat stopped at: Technically, any database could support SQL as a language Or even added: , but what we are really talking about is half finished databases with limited capabilities that happen to suite a specific need. The reality is SQL is in no way a limitation on a database design, however by lowering the bar you can build a useful prototype which at some point might become a database. And then gone on to describe an actual problem with an interesting solution.
  • ntoshev 17y ago
    They are not half finished databases (ok, some of them are), they are just databases that operate under a different set of constraints and optimize accordingly.