In article <1316097747.32765.118.camel at m6.u226.com>, Always Learning <centos at u61.u22.net> wrote: > > On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 14:30 +0000, Tony Mountifield wrote: > > > More to the point would be: "Judging something *solely* on its > > simplicity is an overly simplistic approach." -- Kiel Hodges. This > > appears to me to be the trap that Paul Always Learning has fallen > > into. > > Judge my systems on their:- > > 1. functionality (i.e. doing what is required) > 2. speed > 3. ease of use > 4. ease of maintenance I can't do that, since I know nothing about them. All I can judge are the comments you make here, such as your apparently simplistic view of SQL and relational databases. For example, joins and views are efficient and powerful if used correctly with a properly-designed database, and relieve the application code of a lot of complexity, reinvented wheels and scope for errors. Describing such constructs as merely a complex overhead betrays a lack of understanding and a reluctance to continue "always learning". Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org