Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Views (was Re: Database design) Message-ID: Date: 23 Aug 90 17:32:20 GMT References: <1990Aug21.182201.10707@oracle.com> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 15 In-reply-to: mfriedma@oracle.com's message of 21 Aug 90 18:22:01 GMT In article <1990Aug21.182201.10707@oracle.com> mfriedma@oracle.com (Michael Friedman) writes: Don't bother messing with views. This seems to be a general statement within the community. Why hasn't more emphasis been put on "views" as a mechanism for increasing the insulation between and application program and the database design? Isn't this what the model of views was to support? -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"