Re: relationship in the database

>Perhaps the model is not bad, but just incomplete? My
>understanding from reading TTM just is that this is not the
>case. I see no place for UPDATE there, and do so in the basis
>of a quote on page 165 (second edition): [Relational]
> "assignments are fundamentally the only means by which a relvar
> can be updated".

TTM is a book to read carefully. Just two pages on from that quote they explain how UPDATE is supported.

BTW, I think our philosophies match quite well

:-)

Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services Received on Thu Sep 26 2002 - 20:14:27 CEST