Re: Distributed foreign keys (was Re: Category Types)

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: 26 Jun 2003 08:06:42 -0700
Message-ID: <e4330f45.0306260706.4e46ad81_at_posting.google.com>


"Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message news:<bdck49$19vk$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com>...

> > var a real relation { a integer, b integer };
> > constraint count(a) = count(a{a});
>
> It might be equivalent, but is cardinality the best primitive form? Why not

The form is not important.

> use FDs.
> E.g.
>
> var a real relation { a integer, b integer };
> constraint a -> b

Well, it was not in my list of relational operators :-)

But you forgot the relvar name.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Thu Jun 26 2003 - 17:06:42 CEST

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