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April 22, 2003
SQL
DELETE FROM "Living"
WHERE NAME = "Codd"
AND INTERESTS = "rdbms"
Article can be found at: Mercury News. SQL idea can be found at: Wump dot com.
I can remember having to read the original Codd paper at university at a time when not everyone thought he was right. Back when there were non-relational databases (anyone remember hierarchical schemas). The paper was a real struggle to get through but was (in hindsight) a valid mathematical description of what would eventually become the standard for databases. I also remember the story (possibly an urban legend) that Codd had started working on this before being employed by IBM but failed to check the "intellectual property" clauses in his contract.
Posted by Ozguru at April 22, 2003 07:04 AM
