Re: My 10 Commandments of Database Administration...
- From: "Nuno Pinto do Souto" <nsouto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:40:48 +1000 (EST)
Quoting from AUTHOR ryan gaffuri:
> 11. Thou shalt feed me if I have to work late to fix something you
> broke.
>
> I'm a single guy...
Nuno's design corollary #1:
Thou shall not use end_date = NULL to mean "current row" of ANYTHING!
NULL has NO MEANING whatsoever: it does NOT mean "current"!
Under penalty of having to cook for Nuno (and I'm a heavy bloke)...
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