Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
From: n++k <knos_at_free.fr>
Date: 28 May 2004 02:14:37 -0700
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Date: 28 May 2004 02:14:37 -0700
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> 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 - 11:14:37 CEST