Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 02:18:45 +0200
Message-ID: <40bfbfdc$0$15375$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
Anthony W. Youngman wrote:
> mAsterdam> writes:
>> Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
>>
>>> It think it is worth noting that is far more difficult to retrieve an
>>> invoice the way it looked originally after chopping it up
>> You chopped it up. Why?
>>
>> While chopping it up, you got rid of the layout.
>> What you will retrieve is the data, not the layout.
>> Now if you also have some markup for the abstract invoice,
>> you can just fit the invoice-data you retrieved into the
>> invoice-markup.
>>
>> I would think you would know all this, if
>> it was not so that over and over you blame
>>
>>> (that 1NF thing again)
>>
>> for these non-problems.
>>
>>> and then using SQL to show the invoice again.
>>
>> SQL reports are ugly - I'ld would not want to
>> show one to a customer.
>> Use a tool that was designed to present data.
> > THAT WAS MY POINT! > > The tool is external to the database ... > > Thanks for proving it :-)
Thank you for your trust
but modesty dictates me to
say I did not prove anything.
I was just giving pragmatic
guidance based on opinion.
Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 02:18:45 CEST