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Re: A Normalization Question

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:05:27 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2004.07.13.17.05.54.530903@REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>


On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:03:47 -0700, Neo wrote:

>> > What in a db is not a fact?
>> 
>> Nothing, of course.

>
> That is correct, everything in a db is a fact. The string 'brown' is a
> fact.

Er, no. If you would have read beyond the first sentence you would seen that I meant that nothing in a DB *is* a fact but some things *represent* a fact. Big difference.

Received on Tue Jul 13 2004 - 12:05:27 CDT

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