> >> "moc.enworbbc" "@" "enworbbc"
> >
> > above is a partial real life example of the case you judged as exotic.
>
> No it isn't. Those are three different strings.
The reference was not to the difference between the three strings, but
to the possibility of someone desiring a string to be reversed as in
my "exotic" update anomaly example where having taken over the world,
Islamics might desire such. If the string 'cbbrowne_at_cbbrowne.com'
(which names an email address) was stored several times in a db, then
updating one and not the others creates an update anomaly. In TM, it
is practical/recommended to normalize such strings (see
www.xdb2.com/Example/ThingsNamedBrown.asp) which prevents such update
anomalies.
Received on Sat Jul 17 2004 - 17:48:51 CDT
