Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
From: Anthony W. Youngman <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:02:25 +0100
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Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 01:02:25 +0100
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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 :-)
Cheers,
Wol
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