David Johnson wrote:

> What we have here is a need for a complete paradigm shift. I found that
> a big conceptual jump when I made it, but it will really make life
> easier in the long run.

SNIP

> Does anyone know of a good primer on transactional database system
> design principles that would approach the question from a perspective
> that an old style ISAM programmer would grasp quickly?

That was a reasonably good summary, and is the sort of thing that we
could do with storing somewhere and expanding on. Mind if I drop it onto
tikifirebird ?

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