Re: Can we solve this -- NFNF and non-1NF at Loggerheads

"Tom Ivar Helbekkmo" <tih+nr_at_eunetnorge.no> wrote in message news:86k6pkzch8.fsf_at_athene.hamartun.priv.no...
> "David Cressey" <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net> writes:
>
> > I understand you to be saying that an atomic value can be a relvar,
> > provided that the relational engine is unaware that this is the
> > case. Or am I misconstruing your remarks?
>
> That's exactly what I was saying, yes.

OK, if the relational engine doesn't know that a relvar is made up of component parts, then just what engine DOES know that?

This is the equivalent, IMO, of asking "who shaves the barber?" Received on Mon Feb 07 2005 - 21:38:13 CET