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Re: Normalisation

From: Jon Heggland <heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:30:07 +0200
Message-ID: <MPG.1d31f8b919b06d209896d0@news.ntnu.no>


In article <iCCxe.135818$lx6.7272566_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>, jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be says...
> > Well, the "atomicity" definition doesn't hold up under scrutiny, and the
> > "you shouldn't have more than one column about the same thing"
> > definition is too informal.
>
> Yeah, that's what Date claims. Many disagree, including me.

How do you define atomicity?

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Jon
Received on Sun Jul 03 2005 - 07:30:07 CDT

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