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

"Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <40e09d5e$0$65807$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>, mAsterdam
><mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> writes
>>>>Say we have a pizza-attribute 'topping' of type 'list-of-toppings'
>>> Why is that a list? When I go to pizza hut and ask for ham and
>>> pineapple, I get the same thing as if I asked for pineapple and
>>> ham. Pizza toppings aren't a list; they're a set.
>>
>>To connaisseurs it's a list. The order of the toppings
>>matters. I assumed that this foundation of the
>>pizza-model was common knowledge ;-)
>
>Tomato always goes at the bottom, cheese on the top :-)

     What? I always have tomato on top. Maybe, you are confusing tomato and tomato sauce?

     Just to be safe: I live in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Please do not open a pizzeria in Kamloops.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:

     I have preferences.
     You have biases.
     He/She has prejudices.