[coldtea]

>You didn't say "should not be allowed near a production database" you said "database". That is very different.

And that's what I meantt, so since you agree that's "that's very different", we're on the same page.

>a 16 year old kid trying to mess around and learn stuff, he should be able to be around databases all he wants

Well, it's not like a comment on HN is going to stop them.

[cortesoft]

Well, you were replying to someone who said they learned SQL for their Django site when they were 16, and you admonished them for not knowing Cartesian products and using a database... so it was certainly not clear that you meant a production database.