On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 01:29:31PM -0400, Jim Irrer wrote: > common practice by an overwhelming margin in relational databases and > that they are used in 99 percent of large installations. 94.68536% of all the claims I ever hear are obviously pulled out of thin air. What conclusion does your colleague want to draw from this overwhelming (if perhaps statistically dubious) penetration? Surely the argument doesn't conclude, "Therefore we should do that too?" I seem to recall my mother making some remark about others jumping off cliffs. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general