[SQL Death] Towards Sanity in Query Languages

Speakers:

Viktor Leis , Thomas Neumann

System:

Technical University of Munich

Video:

YouTube

The relational model has stood the test of time is the foundation of most database systems. But let's be honest -- its success is not because of SQL, but in spite of it. SQL's syntax is arcane, inconsistent, and bears little resemblance to the actual execution semantics of queries. Worse yet, SQL is not even a true standard -- every... Read More