Re: The MySQL/PHP pair

"Paul" <paul_at_test.com> wrote in message
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> I think 1NF has a very mathematical basis. Everything stems from the
> fact that you're representing logical propositions. When thinking about
> relational theory, I always find it helpful to sometimes forget about
> relations themselves and go back to first principles: predicates and
> propositions.

But 1NF is defined for relations, isn't it?

>
> So a 1NF one is "John's car is blue"
>
> A non-1NF one is "Bill said on Monday 'John's car is blue'"
>

The above distinction is a useful one to make, but it has nothing to do with 1NF, does it? Received on Thu Nov 04 2004 - 07:59:24 CST