Re: Definition of 'Relational' Database
From: Ken North <KenNorth_at_nospam.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:44:14 -0700
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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 14:44:14 -0700
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> Why exactly is a Relational DBMS called "Relational" ?
E.F. Codd published a seminal paper that defined the relational model for data. Relations are a type of set and Codd's paper described operations on those sets. Received on Tue Sep 17 2002 - 23:44:14 CEST