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Re: 4 the FAQ: Are Commercial DBMS Truly Relational?

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:23:24 -0400
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"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
news:Yo2ad.220257$D%.89507_at_attbi_s51...



> Right, but although you certainly need an operation like this,

> SQL's outer join is not the only way to get it. I rather think

> that GROUP/UNGROUP, and result columns of relation type,

> are a better approach, in part because NULLs are not required.




I'm not familiar with UNGROUP.  Could you say some more, or give me a
pointer?
Received on Sun Oct 10 2004 - 07:23:24 CDT












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