John Fereira wrote:
> Tim Spalding wrote:
>> I think there's a real opportunity for empowerment here. Teach a man
>> to SELECT and he'll never have to, um, fish again.
> Define "understand SQL".  I can't help but be concerned about the 
> adage "knows just enough to be dangerous".  I've seen some systems 
> brought to their knees in terms of performance as a result of a couple 
> of poorly constructed queries.
Not to mention the different variations, depending on SQL dialect,  on 
"DELETE * FROM Title" or "DELETE Title" or ...  :)
    ... some of them by folks who should know better

Walter Lewis
  who appreciates databases with transactional point in time restores