Re: MultiValue Databases

Neo wrote:
> >>> ID fields are not needed ... a single relvar is sufficient:
> >>

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> > > What if "222-2222" appears in mulitple columns of multiple tables?
> > What about it? Please be more explicit.
> >
> What enforces the integrity between multiple 222-2222? What prevents
> data corruptions? What facilities management of the multiple
> 222-2222's?

Can you please answer these about your own system, Neo?

It doesn't support constraints does it?

>
> > > What enforces the integrity of the "222-2222"s?
> > What kind of integrity do you need?
> >
> The kind that minimizes data corruption and maximizes data management.
>
> > What enforces it in your xrdb?
> >
> The xrdb-engine. Each thing is represented once which may be referred
> to 0 to many times. For example, the person John is represent once with
> multiple references to him.

But what stops john from being mary's phone number? nothing!

>
> > > expect the unexpected. Allow each thing to have any number of ...
> > You are reinventing RDF?
> >
> Among the nicer things, I have been accused of reinventing snake oil,
> text editors, hierarchal dbs, networks dbs, Prolog and LISP. Now I can
> add another to the list :)

well you certainly are not producing a new Database Model! Received on Thu Jun 09 2005 - 18:39:08 CEST