Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: 13 Sep 2004 07:44:09 -0700
Message-ID: <e4330f45.0409130644.1545a939@posting.google.com>

pstnotpd <schoenmakers_at_tpd.tno.nl> wrote in message news:<ci3fsr$ni7$1_at_voyager.news.surf.net>...

> > That begs the question: why, exactly? or: is it really impossible?
> I've got a nice calculator which returns algebraic expressions whenever
> possible.
>
> Just wondering, is there any RDBMS implementation which actually uses a
> math engine at its lowest level?

As far as I know, the answer is no.

But I consider that unlimited precision arithmetic would be desirable for an RDBMS.

In fact, an RDBMS is nothing but an specialized Computer Algebra System.

Regards Received on Mon Sep 13 2004 - 09:44:09 CDT