Re: Nearest Common Ancestor Report (XDb1's $1000 Challenge)
From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 17 May 2004 15:12:48 -0700
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0405171412.333d3319_at_posting.google.com>
Date: 17 May 2004 15:12:48 -0700
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0405171412.333d3319_at_posting.google.com>
> You ask for the quoted example to be replicated "using the
> relational model". A model is not something that can be used to produce
> reports from data. I assume you meant to write "using an RDBMS"?
> Many people in the comp.databases.theory group claim that MS SQL Server is
> not really relational, but as I don't have access to a "real" relational
> database, I hope it'll do.
Yes, I meant a reasonably close implementation of the relational model. And yes, MS SQL Server (or MS Access) are reasonable (to me). Received on Tue May 18 2004 - 00:12:48 CEST