Re: object algebra

"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4b45d3ad.0402242033.18b3f32f_at_posting.google.com...
> > True enough - it's just so commonly used as a slam against relational,
as if
> > it's not "multi-dimensional" enough, that it disturbs me when I see it.
> > Somehow the fact that reality is messy bleeds into assumptions that our
code
> > and/or data have to be messy too, which is just giving up (and
professional
> > malpractice besides).
>
> Why not prove those people wrong by providing a clean (NULL-less)
> solution to the example shown at www.xdb1.com/Example/Ex076.asp ?

Prove what wrong? Exactly what problem are you trying to solve? I get the silly idea that a set of relations THING, INSTANCE, and RELATIONSHIP with some fairly generic attributes would do the trick. But again: you've said nothing about the problem. That page says nothing about the problem or the domain. It's bizarre, to say the least - have you come across a use for this in real business problems?

At best, it seems like some sort of thought-sketchpad. Received on Thu Feb 26 2004 - 12:09:09 CST