Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
From: Eric Kaun <ekaun_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:23:55 GMT
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Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 15:23:55 GMT
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"Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:23$KGSOzfPxAFwmd_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk...
> In message <Bt%vc.5720$3x.5118_at_newssvr32.news.prodigy.com>, Eric Kaun
> <ekaun_at_yahoo.com> writes
> >I don't equate tuples with axioms, at least not as far as a theory like
> >relational goes. I'm out of my depth in terms of the logical lexicon, but
> >I'd say predicates correspond better, and if you have an unbounded
predicate
> >set, then yes, you've got crap.
> >
> Exactly. That's why I said it feels wrong ...
Not really - you were talking about relational in general. No database I've ever seen has an unbounded predicate set - that's impossible, as far as I know.
- erk