Re: pre-FAQ
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:36:30 -0400
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"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message
news:4156858b$0$559$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> To all regular readers of cdt:
What is a relational database?
Hey! Now that we've seen appeals to "authoritative references", we should
start accepting or at least considering
http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=Relational+database&action=Search
Note that it includes Oracle and RDB, my two favorite relational DBMS
products in its listings. Hurrah! When I first got this forum I was
lambasted for referring to Oracle as a "relational databases". Between
> Which questions and answers
> would you like to see in the cdt FAQ?
>
defnitions from FOLDOC. After all, NIST signals FOLDOC as another source
for listings. Here's a pointer to FOLDOC's definition of "relational
database".
I'm glad to see my usage vindicated, by an "authoritative reference". Received on Mon Sep 27 2004 - 23:36:30 CEST