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Re: By The Dawn's Normal Light

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:45:50 GMT
Message-ID: <417d2d92.21430625@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 - 11:45:50 CDT












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