Re: A Normalization Question
From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2004 09:07:59 -0700
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0407140807.23196150_at_posting.google.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2004 09:07:59 -0700
Message-ID: <4b45d3ad.0407140807.23196150_at_posting.google.com>
> > That is correct, everything in a db is a fact.
> > The string 'brown' is a fact.
>
> Bzzt...no. The string "brown" is a string. The proposition,
> "The person's name is 'Brown'" (assuming it's true) is a fact.
> The proposition, "The color of the car is 'brown' is a fact.
> Strings are no more facts in database systems than adjectives
> are facts in natural language.
Bzzt. The string 'brown' is a fact because the following "is a true proposition": The string 'brown' is composed of the symbols 'b', 'r', 'o', 'w' and 'n' in that order. RM/you don't recognize this fact because it wasn't spread out over multiple values of a tuple. Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 18:07:59 CEST