Re: And again: 1NF may not be dead

From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:38:30 GMT
Message-ID: <q2Rfd.316241$MQ5.69972_at_attbi_s52>


"Kenneth Downs" <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net> wrote in message news:39folc.m6e.ln_at_mercury.downsfam.net...
> Alan wrote:
>
> > Oracle has been handling nested tables and arrays for several versions
> > now.
>
> That sounds cool. PostgreSQL, which I am using at the moment, also allows
> arrays.

Heh. I claim that every dbms that supports any string type (such as varchar) is supporting at least one kind of array/list/what have you.

Nested relations, OTOH, are another kettle of fish.

Marshall Received on Wed Oct 27 2004 - 19:38:30 CEST

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