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Re: attribute vs element definition

From: Cris Carampa <cris119_at_operamail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:29:50 +0200
Message-ID: <44a5358c$0$9607$5fc30a8@news.tiscali.it>


Randy wrote:

> I am getting confused as to what is the difference between an attribute
> and an element. People seem to use the terms all over the place. I
> googled it and it seems that attribute is the correct term. I had
> someone even say that attribute are groups of elements ... Anybody know
> of a definitive site for the nomenclature?

No, but AFAIR the correct terms should be "table/columns" for physical database and "entity/attributes" for ER-diagram.

Kind regards,

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Cris Carampa (spamto:cris119_at_operamail.com)

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Received on Fri Jun 30 2006 - 09:29:50 CDT

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