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

From: n++k <knos_at_free.fr>
Date: 28 May 2004 02:14:37 -0700
Message-ID: <8c680ad5.0405280114.2dd1a5db@posting.google.com>

> A Pick FILE is a real-world collective noun. What's a relational table?

A sentence that has not yet been uttered, because it relates "unknown values."

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> A Pick RECORD is a real-world object. What's a relational row? A noun?
> An adjective? A gerund? (relation, for those who don't know their
> grammar)

A statement of fact, as an utterance of the "meta" sentence described above.

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> A Pick FIELD is a real-world adjective. What's a relational column? An
> adjective? A gerund?

any piece of utterable information. Received on Fri May 28 2004 - 04:14:37 CDT