Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?

From: Bill H <wphaskett_at_THISISMUNGEDatt.net>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:17:43 GMT
Message-ID: <Hepsc.109424$iF6.9853111@attbi_s02>

Wol:

"Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote in message

[snipped]

> ... As far as I am concerned, the job of the "database
> analyst designer" is to take real-world information, and convert it to a
> data schema for the database. If that includes conversion to 1NF, this
> involves a massive loss of metadata, meaning that the conversion is
> one-way and cannot be reversed, and therefore the act of conversion
> renders the whole thing unprovable / unfalsifiable / unscientific.

But it still might be useful under the circumstances. :-)

Bill Received on Mon May 24 2004 - 11:17:43 CDT