Re: By The Dawn's Normal Light
From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:08:59 -0400
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:08:59 -0400
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"Alfredo Novoa" <alfredo_at_ncs.es> wrote in message
news:417d2d92.21430625_at_news.wanadoo.es...
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:57:04 GMT, "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> A RELATION is, by definition, in 1NF.
> >
> >To effectively apply a "by definition" argument, the definition
> >used has to be one that pretty much everyone agrees on. This
> >is not the case here; the definition you use is a minority opinion.
>
> Mathematical correction does not depend on the opinion of the
> majorities. Maths are not democratic.
>
> The "classic" definition of 1NF is flawed independently of the number
> of people that agree or disagree.
>
>
> Regards
Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 19:08:59 CEST