Re: Is mysql a RDBMS ?

"Anith Sen" <anith_at_bizdatasolutions.com> wrote in message news:<5xr1b.109668$0v4.7755274_at_bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>...
> >> if ANSI SQL standard is not documenting an RDBMS, what is then relational
> ? <<
>
> SQL standards neither document an RDBMS nor has anything to do with
> relational model. In fact you will not see the word 'relational' in the
> standard documents. SQL partially models multi-sets (bags) and fails to
> conform to many fundamental principles that primarily derive the relational
> benefits.
>
> For starters, get a good text book on database fundamentals (prefer Date's
> Intro to database systems) and learn the definition of a relation & its
> binding principles and you'll be able to understand why SQL is not a
> faithful implementation of the relational model.

Dear Anith Sen
Thank you for telling me the truth,

With SQL, I believe you mean
SQL-86 as well as SQL-92 ?
And I believe your statement holds for all versions of MySQL ?

Your sincerely

Morten Gulbrandsen Received on Mon Aug 25 2003 - 17:21:44 CEST