Re: A Normalization Question

From: Larry Coon <lmcoon_at_nospam_cox.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 21:30:37 -0700
Message-ID: <40ECCDED.2029@nospam_cox.net>

Neo wrote:

> RM's application is to represent data. If RM can represent some scopes
> of data without redundancy, it is not me that is mischaracterizing RM,
> it is RM that is limited.

I assume you meant to write "cannot" rather than "can," but that notwithstanding, yes, the relational model CAN and DOES represent data without redundancy. You simply continue to misunderstand the concept of redundancy.

Larry Coon
University of California Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 23:30:37 CDT