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What I’m Telling Business People About Why Relational Databases Are So Bad
- sharemywin 8y agoI didn't see you propose an alternative?
- angersock 8y agoIt's bullshit. Almost any modern SQL client lib does parameter substitution and escaping to prevent injection, the DRY thing is a red herring, and the OOP thing is appealing to something that is increasingly falling out of favor. This article is a fraud, and the author is a hack.
- kwillets 8y agoThis is hilarious. SQL has had parameter binding for most of its history; SQL injection is just a recent effect of people no longer caring about parse or serialization overhead. You can go back 20+ years and find similar rants to this; I remember going through these OODB arguments in the 90's.
- manigandham 8y agoPeople like this only contribute to the idea that most CTOs have 0 technical knowledge.
- KineticTroi 8y agoMy issues with the article. First, I didn't know enterprise systems fail so regularly. Really? Where? Who is having these failures so regularly? Secondly, I'm a bit surprised about the 'across the field' statements against relational database engines and the SQL layer. After all, there are so many different implementations. They all work and function quite a bit differently in performance and design. This article sounds like someone who is selling books or perhaps the author is one of the many great corporate management seminar-tarians. A person selling specialized lectures designed to appeal to middle management held at opulent motel conference centers across the land. Oh, I can't wait to get my hands on those croissants and fresh coffee. I'm going to be so smart now.