Re: Suggestions for alternate UPDATE command syntax

From: <lennart_at_kommunicera.umea.se>
Date: 6 Apr 2005 20:55:06 -0700
Message-ID: <1112846106.389120.25260@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

Neo wrote:
> > >(UPDATE mary color yellow > purple)
> >
> > Personally I would vote for "=". If that already has a
> > reserved meaning I would go for ":=" or something similar.
>
> Thanks for your input. In my (unorthodox) way of thinking, in a db
> where it is desirable to eliminate redundancy, no two things are ever
> equal unless they are in fact the same thing.

Guess it is a matter of definition, IMHO, if two things are blue, they have the same color. I guess you prefer to look at their color as instances of blue:

Color c1 = new Color ("Blue")
Color c2 = new Color ("Blue")

Thus c1 <> c2. If my assumption is correct I agree that "=" would be somewhat confusing.

/Lennart Received on Wed Apr 06 2005 - 22:55:06 CDT