Re: A Normalization Question

From: Larry Coon <lcnospam_at_assist.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 15:02:51 -0700
Message-ID: <40F5AD8B.2A24@assist.org>

Neo wrote:

> 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.

Try again. There is no proposition in "brown." There is one in "The string 'brown' is composed of the symbols 'b', 'r', 'o', 'w' and 'n' in that order," but that's not what you're storing in the db. If you don't understand basic logic, you're going to have a hard time with DB theory. Oh, wait....

Larry Coon
University of California Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 17:02:51 CDT