>Hi, Mike.
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>>No, my problem was not just with the names. Maybe I should have capitalized it or something when I said operations based on record number or position are contrary to the core principles of SQL. That whirring sound you hear is Dr. Codd spinning in his grave....
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>This doesn't go against any relational principle at all. Indeed, it is a generalization of the standard method of handling paging in SQL syntax, which involves using a TOP clause and go advancing the where clause based on a given order.
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>I guess Dr.Codd would love LINQ, but beyond that -and this is a total personal opinion- I consider Mr. Hejlsberg in the same dimension of talent, and even more after having the chance to talk with him for about an hour in the aisles after a session. I really believe that LINQ is in the best possible hands, really.
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I meant no criticism of Anders Hejlsberg, who I also admire. But you seem to have Codd's principles all wrong. He was nothing if not a purist. Relational theory was mathematical set theory applied to data processing. There sure as heck wasn't any TOP n in the language.