Ann W. Harrison wrote:

>At 12:10 PM 5/26/2004, Jonathan Neve wrote:
>
>
>>Any thoughts about this?....
>>
>>
>
>Referring to a scheme to keep back versions
>indefinitely to give "versions" to the
>database - e.g. "Give me last Thursday's
>customer list."
>
>Well, that's not a new idea, but every time
>we've looked at it we've found that the
>requirements of a versioning system differ
>depending on what you're studying.
>
>

Hmm. Well, I guess you must be right. Jim said the same thing. But what
specifically makes it impossible?

It seems to me that if we make the syntax very general (no automatic
restore of back versions of any such thing), it should be possible. If
the old versions are simply made available for reading, then what could
be the problem?

Jonathan Neve.


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