Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model
From: Lauri Pietarinen <lauri.pietarinen_at_atbusiness.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:28:18 +0300
Message-ID: <3D9BE382.A470F58C_at_atbusiness.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:28:18 +0300
Message-ID: <3D9BE382.A470F58C_at_atbusiness.com>
David Cressey wrote:
> Don't expect people to stop saying that "A real relational system has never
> been implemented". You will just be disappointed.
Strangely enough, a "real" relational system _has_ been implemented - and that was a long time ago. See
http://www.mcjones.org/System_R/bs12.html
By the way, the SQL1999-standard does not even mention the word "relational".
Lauri
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