Re: A Normalization Question

neo55592_at_hotmail.com (Neo) wrote in message news:<4b45d3ad.0407241512.5d1fd8e0_at_posting.google.com>...
> > > > Neo, if C J Date or the late Mr Codd himself joined the discussion and
> > > > told you that your understanding of normalisation is completely
> > > > warped, would you believe it then? Is your belief that they would
> > > > support you, or do you think that they are as wrong as the rest of us?
> > >
> > > www.xdb2.com/Basic/Name.asp
> >
> > Is that supposed to be an answer? A hierarchy showing that the name
> > "bob" can be decomposed into "b", "o" and "b"? Mindblowing...
>
> If it isn't mindblowing (an I am not contending it is), why is
> everyone else in this thread up in arm about normalizing down to level
> of logical symbols?

Because only an idiot would try to "normalize" down to individual letters.

> Please prove them wrong, by showing an equivalent
> implementation in RM (that is every string normalized, and every
> symbol in every string normalized). Also, please show them it isn't
> mindblowing by providing an equivalent of
> www.xdb2.com/Example/ThingsNamedBrown.asp and
> www.xdb2.com/Example/BoxProperties.asp in as normalized manner (that
> is down to symbols).

No thanks. I am not stupid enough to think that would be of any value.

I notice you have twice now avoided answering my question, so I'll repeat it:

> Neo, if C J Date or the late Mr Codd himself joined the discussion and
> told you that your understanding of normalisation is completely
> warped, would you believe it then? Is your belief that they would
> support you, or do you think that they are as wrong as the rest of us?
Received on Mon Jul 26 2004 - 11:06:51 CEST