Re: Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept?
From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2003 19:21:58 -0700
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Date: 2 May 2003 19:21:58 -0700
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> You need to learn is that a graph is equivalent to a binary relation,
> and incidentally the relational model is very well suited for guess
> what: relations.
The reason the relational model is INefficient with highly variable graphs is that the number of binary relationships can vary but the relational model self imposes an arbitrary limitation of requiring the same n in all tuples belonging to a relation (table). Received on Sat May 03 2003 - 04:21:58 CEST