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Random RDBMS and SQL Myths debunked
Friday November 9, 2007 1:44AM
by Roland Bouman in Articles

A few times now, I’ve been wanting to write this down. I know: a lot of
people will go *shrug*. Others may find me pedantic. Some of will say
I’m being a smart-ass. Whatever…but I just got to write down a few of
these common misconceptions that keep floating around. 

None of these misconceptions are really harmful - in most cases, they do
not lead to misunderstanding or miscommunication. However, when you are
writing about these subjects, you’ll often find that a sloppy definition
you used in some place will bite you in the tail, and make it harder to
explain something later on. So, that is why I from time to time get kind
of obsessed with finding just the right words. 

http://www.oreillynet.com/databases/blog/2007/11/random_rdbms_and_sql_myths_deb.html