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 - 14:23:24 CEST

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