On 04/30/2013 11:02 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
It would help if the Labs folks could better explain _why_ cross-database joins won't be supported (I think most developers would agree with the reasoning) and offer better guidance and documentation for how to work around this hurdle. (For example, what is a federated table?)
That's a very good point, MZM. That said, no small part of the reason we haven't given a great deal of explanation on how the alternatives will work is that we're not entirely certain what for those alternatives will take yet - at least in the detail.
I think you're right that the developper community needs at least /some/ explanation sooner rather than later; even if it's a big picture that's lacking in detail. I'll try to write up something this week on that topic.
-- Marc