Re: object algebra

From: Eric Kaun <ekaun_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 13:08:46 GMT
Message-ID: <yNk1c.55372$oP6.22976@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>

"Neo" <neo55592_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4b45d3ad.0402272148.1e979e57_at_posting.google.com...
> Normalization: The process of replacing duplicates things with a
> reference to the original thing.
>
> For example, given "john isa person" and "john obeys army", one
> observes that the "john" in the second sentence is a duplicate of
> "john" in the first sentence. Using the means provided by your system,
> the second sentence should be stored as "->john obeys army".

You're joking, right? In what sense have you saved work, or eliminated duplicates? You'll have 2 sentences with john as the subject.

> Another example, given "bob" one observes that the second "b" is a
> duplicate of the first "b" and therefore should be normalized as
> "bo->b".

You're joking, right? Please tell me you're joking.

> The exact method of normalization and to what extent is practical is
> dependent on the data model and its implementation.

No, it's dependent on neither of those. Received on Wed Mar 03 2004 - 07:08:46 CST