Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
From: Paul <paul_at_test.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 00:47:25 +0100
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Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 00:47:25 +0100
Message-ID: <ZR7wc.11426$NK4.1480800_at_stones.force9.net>
Mikito Harakiri wrote:
>>I still maintain that you can regard a database as a collection of
>>tuple-axioms, with the DBMS playing the part of logic. I'm not just
>>saying this is an analogy, I'm claiming it's a proper isomorphism.
>
> Seriously, they are not axioms.
>
> <quote from Mathworld>
> A proposition regarded as self-evidently true without proof. The word
> "axiom" is a slightly archaic synonym for postulate. Compare conjecture or
> hypothesis, both of which connote apparently true but not self-evident
> statements.
> </quote from Mathworld>
> The tuples are the facts that user gathered outside of math realm -- in the
> physical world.
Paul. Received on Sat Jun 05 2004 - 01:47:25 CEST