Re: Relational Databases and Their Guts

"andrewst" <member14183_at_dbforums.com> wrote in message news:3033487.1056380424_at_dbforums.com...
>
> Originally posted by Paul Vernon
> > BTW, if you do pick up Chris Date's 1NF article, then see the
> > section titled
> > "RVA's Make Outer Join Unnecessary" for some insight here. As he
> > says, "to
> > represent an empty set by an empty set seems like an obviously
> > good idea!".
> > :-)
> >
> >
> You wouldn't care to cut and paste the article here would you, to save
> us all the expense ;-)

With all due respect, you are asking Paul to assume the cost of openly stealing someone else's property. Do you ordinarily steal what you want instead of purchasing it? Is petty theft your occupation or your hobby? Received on Mon Jun 23 2003 - 18:36:46 CEST