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

From: Dawn M. Wolthuis <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 19:50:30 -0500
Message-ID: <c9oh14$a6a$1_at_news.netins.net>


"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message news: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.

LOL --dawn Received on Fri Jun 04 2004 - 02:50:30 CEST

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