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Re: Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept?

From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2003 15:19:31 -0700
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0305021419.4226e8b@posting.google.com>


> > All-in-all, the Relational Data Model is one of the best
> > at the present time, but it too has its flaws and limitations.
>
> What are the flaws and limitations you had in mind?

  1. That all rows of a table have the same number of columns which leads to the need for NULLs.
  2. That all values in a column be of the same type.
Received on Fri May 02 2003 - 17:19:31 CDT

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