Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that of Date & Darwin? [M.Gittens]
From: mountain man <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:00:11 GMT
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:00:11 GMT
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"Ged Byrne" <ged.byrne_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> So in the real world there is missing information, not NULLs.
>
> Are NULLs the only possible solution to the problem of missing
> information?
Well put.
Which of these solutions is to be put forward as the solution preferred by the relational model?
-- Pete Brown IT Managers & Engineers Falls Creek Australia www.mountainman.com.au/softwareReceived on Fri Jun 10 2005 - 03:00:11 CEST