Re: WHAT vs HOW vs WHERE

On Mon, 31 May 2004 18:11:57 +0300, "x" <x-false_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>> And the logical pointers are bad. One of the major advantages of The
>> Relational Model is that they are droped.
>
>Many use FK as pointers ...

But they are not pointers. It is a bad metaphor.

>There is nothing in the Relational Model to prevent this. (maybe I'm wrong
>?)

It is a good use of integrity constraints.

On the other hand you know that The RM say nothing about the underlying physical pointers.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Mon May 31 2004 - 18:14:11 CEST