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Most "programmers" just can't understand relational databases and SQL. It's too hard. I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Random deadlocks in multi-billion
by dkjaudyeqooe 4y ago
Most "programmers" just can't understand relational databases and SQL. It's too hard.
I've seen things you wouldn't believe. Random deadlocks in multi-billion transaction reporting systems. Atomic transactions split into multiple commits in banking applications. Copying rows between tables instead of setting a flag on a row. All because highly paid programmers are scared of RDBs.
- kwhitefoot 4y ago> All because highly paid programmers are scared of RDBs. Really? That's not my experience over the last thirty years of programming. As soon as relational databases became something that everyone could use we all jumped in And not just programmers either, a lot of people who never wrote a line of code in their lives became adept at writing SQL in order to get around limitations in ERP systems for instance. Is this problem something that afflicts only younger programmers?
- sn0wtrooper 4y agoAll those strong relations will be lost, like tears in the rain.
- dkjaudyeqooe 4y agoThank you for noticing.
- esja 4y agoI've had the same experience (over decades) and never understood it. SQL should not be difficult for any professional programmer, and it's extremely powerful.