Re: chooses not to generate code at all

> The DBMS exists to provide persistence for data.

There are many applications that would need a (R)DBMS even if
persistence is not needed. Two very important features in a RDBMS that
has nothing to do with persistence is queries and transactions.

> Much more important,
> the value of the RDM is that the data can be stored in a manner that is
> completely independent of its use.

It might be possible, but when you design a relational schema, you need
to know how the data should be used.

Fredrik Bertilsson
http://butler.sourceforge.net

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