Re: object algebra

"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message <news:4b45d3ad.0402261207.4c059731_at_posting.google.com>...

> > > I think you lost the context of the thread. I claimed RDM's
> > > fundamental design ensures NULLs will occur in some applications. Eric
> > > disagreed. I supplied an imaginary application where it occured. Did I
> > > cause the NULL? Yes, but I was only partially to blame. The other and
> > > more significant party was RDM.
> >
> > "It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools."
>
> No NULLs are create when using TDM/XDb1 under similar conditions. So
> if one is not able to solve www.xdb1.com/Example/Ex076.asp as
> craftfully (normalized, NULL-less, generic methodology) with RDM,
> should the craftsman be blamed?

Looks to me like a simplified "Bill of Materials" problem.

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