Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
From: Bill H <wphaskett_at_THISISMUNGEDatt.net>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:17:43 GMT
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:17:43 GMT
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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 - 18:17:43 CEST