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As you state in your article, the ability to easily phrase ad-hoc questions and have them answered with almost no programming is a very useful tool. Why not us
by ora600 16y ago
As you state in your article, the ability to easily phrase ad-hoc questions and have them answered with almost no programming is a very useful tool.
Why not use two tools where two are needed?
Many databases run a mix of OLTP (which requires fast cache and no ad-hoc queries) and ad-hoc business intelligence queries.
- gnaritas 16y ago> easily phrase ad-hoc questions and have them answered with almost no programming Queries are programming, the worst kind, programming without composable abstractions. What people actually mean when they say this is they like having a workspace and a live environment. It's like working in Smalltalk or Lisp in a live image. Put your email in your profile, I'm disappointed you didn't continue the discussion yesterday after saying do it over email, which you don't make available.