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SledgeHammer013-Feb-12 3:57
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SledgeHammer013-Feb-12 13:22
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
it's not because "no database is available".


No, it's because that's what you were asked in the interview Big Grin | :-D . If you told your interviewer that you refused to answer the question aside from using a database and you would refuse to implement any solution that did not use one, I'm guessing you probably wouldn't get the job Smile | :) .

Anyways, while its not likely the majority of the time NOW, there are plenty of scenarios where a database might not be available: mobile, embedded, military, etc. Now sure, I could add a requirement to the Air Force Smart Bomb design where I need to install an Access database Confused | :confused: Confused | :confused: on every bomb, but seeing as I'm just going to blow it up, I'm guessing they want to make it as cheap as possible.

Now, before you go off all half-cocked, foaming at the mouth about why a smart bomb would have a spell checker, it wouldn't. It was a hypothetical example of a situation where you MIGHT not have one.

I have an iPhone now, but I used to have a Moto Razr. I'm guessing the iPhone has a database and the Moto Razr didn't. Hmm... weird... the Moto Razr had EXTREMELY limited resources, but it still happened to have a full spell checker in it.

EDIT: the Moto Razr had 5MB of available space. That's for the OS, phone book, pics, videos, games, email, etc. STILL managed to squeeze a spell checker in there... bet there wasn't room for an access database or a database of any variety Big Grin | :-D . Bet they had to use some really efficient data structures.
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