Re: Logical equivalence of simple and complex types under the relational model?

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:33:51 +0100, "Rene de Visser" <Rene_de_Visser_at_hotmail.com> wrote:

>What exactly do you mean by "if it needs the help of the type system to
>decompose the value, its a simple value"?
>
>How do you know if the relational system is "using the help of the type
>system"?

IMO Paul is trying to save the concept of "atomicity", but he is breaking other things in the attempt.

"Atomic" can not be defined precisely and that's all.

A more interesting debate would be whether "scalar" is a well defined term or not.

Regards Received on Wed Dec 01 2004 - 18:55:27 CST