Re: Dreaming About Redesigning SQL

Originally posted by Bob Badour

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> > "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message

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> > >

> > > > Pointers need not exist for data to be stored/retrieved
> in/from a

> > > > database with their relationships intact. The relationships
> between

> > > > data can exist without any physical representation at all
> beyond their

> > > > proximity to each other.

> > >

> > > Um, what is more physical than physical juxtaposition?

> > I think if you reread the sentence you will see that he
> *does*

> > consider proximity to be a physical representation. The key

> > word is "beyond."

>

> True. I guess I have to ask: Was there any point to what he wrote?
>

"There is an inherent beauty in the Pick model in that relationships

between data can be implied by their actual proximity to each other, and

that each of these data can similarly have an implied relationship to

multiple data, and that all of these relationships can be determined

from a single read and maintained by a single write."

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