Re: pre-FAQ

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<Q4ydnbtRWNFqGsXcRVn-pQ_at_comcast.com>...
> "mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message
> news:4156858b$0$559$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
>
> > To all regular readers of cdt:
> > Which questions and answers
> > would you like to see in the cdt FAQ?
> >
>
> What is a relational database?
>
> Hey! Now that we've seen appeals to "authoritative references", we should
> start accepting or at least considering
> defnitions from FOLDOC. After all, NIST signals FOLDOC as another source
> for listings. Here's a pointer to FOLDOC's definition of "relational
> database".
>
> 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
> Alfredo and Leandro, they tore me apart.
>
> I'm glad to see my usage vindicated, by an "authoritative reference".

Where does it say Oracle is relational? I saw where it says it's a "well-known database".

Mike. Received on Wed Sep 29 2004 - 02:02:43 CEST