Re: Dawn doesn't like 1NF
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 02:52:16 GMT
Message-ID: <znI9d.226953$3l3.30334_at_attbi_s03>
"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message news:E5A8d.73084$He1.35772_at_attbi_s01...
> "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote in message news:cjsldr$vui$1@news.netins.net...
> >
> > Just my $.02. Oh, and by the way, did I mention that XML has one thing
> > going for it -- it is not trapped into that silly 1NF rule that has no basis
> > in the mathematics of relations. Cheers! --dawn
>
> Dawn,
>
> Time to refresh my memory. Remind me again what it is you
> don't like about 1NF. Is it simply that one can't have relations
> as attributes?
Dawn, I'm still hoping to hear from you. This subthread has gotten pretty long, and it's not too useful so far. I'm interested in your perspective.
Marshall Received on Sat Oct 09 2004 - 04:52:16 CEST