Re: DB comparison case (in)sensitivity ordering

From: David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 20:45:57 GMT
Message-ID: <9OQP7.97$P_6.5452_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>


> I quote Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties 2nd edition, page 8:
>
> "Conceptually, a table is a set of zero or more rows, and a row is a
> set of one or more columns."
>

Well, I guess if you are going to correct Celko, then Celko is a good source to use to back up the correction. I still think that what is called a "column" in the quote above is more properly "the intersection of a row and a column". Anyway, I get your point. Let's move on.

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    David Cressey
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