Re: So let me get this right: (Was: NFNF vs 1NF ...)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:02:47 GMT
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"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_iahu.com> wrote in message
news:j%aQd.42$eV5.85_at_news.oracle.com...
> "DBMS_Plumber" <paul_geoffrey_brown_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1108423769.730356.319030_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > SCREEN := (RETRIEVE U.X, U.Y, U.RGB FROM Images I, UncompressJPG U
> > WHERE I.Name = 'Fred' and U.Image = I.Image );
>
> Well, before embarking into grandiose
> realtional-as-general-programming-system venture, consider much more
modest
> problem of describing layout of graphical elements on a screen. What
> relational schema could you suggest?
>
>
This one turns out to be easy. Just come up with a hierarchical model that describes the graphical layout, and use the "nested sets" technique to represent it relationally!
(Just kidding!!! Just kidding!!!) Received on Tue Feb 15 2005 - 16:02:47 CET