All of this is well and interesting, unfortunately I have to work with what we have and make it perform as best as I can. I don't have the time or energy to engage in an academic discourse on relational theory, which I did learn while in college. It is a interesting topic, I must say, but until the industry can truely build a RDBMS based completely on relational theory, I will continue to work with SQL and the various databases that exist. At this moment, that happens to MS SQL Server, and it currently meets the needs of the organization for which I work.

Perhaps the academic community should strive to work more closely with the leaders in our industry to work at developing such an RDBMS as you envision. When that occurs, I'll be more than happy to learn some new and work with it.

Until then, I really don't see what I can do to change things. I am not in a real position to influence what Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, or any of the other SQL DBMS developers are doing. Yes, you could argue that my one voice added to many others could have an impact, but I need to work in the world of today, not the dreams of tomorrow and what it may provide.