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