Re: A question for Mr. Celko
From: John Jacob <jingleheimerschmitt_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 19 Jul 2004 21:42:34 -0700
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 21:42:34 -0700
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Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.07.19.22.47.17.805097_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>...
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:38:57 -0700, John Jacob wrote:
>
> >> No no, that's not the problem, or at least not what I think is the
> >> problem. Date allows the NEST and UNNEST operations from the nested
> >> relational algebra. (He calls them GROUP and UNGROUP for some reason.)
> >> That means that you no longer consider them atomic because they allow you
> >> to split a nested relation into its constituent parts.
>
> Just extracting them is not the problem.
>
Regards,
Bryn
Received on Tue Jul 20 2004 - 06:42:34 CEST