Re: database design method
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 01:23:03 GMT
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"Jan Hidders" <hidders_at_REMOVE.THIS.uia.ua.ac.be> wrote in message
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> D Guntermann wrote:
> >
> >"Jan Hidders" <hidders_at_REMOVE.THIS.uia.ua.ac.be> wrote in message
> >news:3dd011dd$1_at_news.uia.ac.be...
> >> D Guntermann wrote:
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> Where does Codd speak here about abstract identifiers? Or do you mean that
> Codd already here suggested nested relations? That is certainly
> true, but he then proceeds with explaining in section 1.4 how these should
> be normalized away.
>
> -- Jan Hidders
>
>
So he does.
His naming of attribute roles as _jobhistory_, _salaryhistory_, and _children_ in Figure 3(a) almost seemed like abstract identifiers at one point. Could there be such a thing as "conceptual encapsulation"?
Regards,
Daniel Guntermann Received on Tue Nov 12 2002 - 02:23:03 CET