Re: Normalization by Composing, not just Decomposing
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:57:04 -0400
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Eric,
I am sure that what I wrote could be worded much better, but I'm going to
plead not guilty to word molestation. Next thing, you'll want a law
requiring pedants to register with the local police.
I hesitate to try to fix up the wording, becasue I don't know if the missed
communication between you and me is solely a matter of word choice.
Let me try just the beginning,
A body of data is made up of data items. Each data item expresses a value.
It's unfortunate that the word "attribute" is used in both relational modeling and ER modeling. I think both uses of the word are fair, but they sometimes confuse the issue. Received on Tue Apr 13 2004 - 13:57:04 CEST