Re: Is relational theory irrelevant?

From: Paul Vernon <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:22:30 -0000
Message-ID: <bpe69u$10o4$2@gazette.almaden.ibm.com>

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message news:ToednUdmpdK1Dyei4p2dnA_at_golden.net...
> > > Sending email is an action outside the database environment, so that
we
> > have
> > > to leave DBMS boundary. I know, mindless throwing stuff into the
> database
> > is
> > > pretty popular today, but there is no advantage triggering this
> real-world
> > > action from the inside of the database.
> >
> > Wrong. It is information, ergo it should be in the database.
>
> Sending an email is not information--it is an activity. The email is
> information. The recipient is information. Sending is not information.

Can you provide me with a definition by which I can separate things into information and activity classifications.

Thanks.

Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services Received on Tue Nov 18 2003 - 16:22:30 CST