Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that ofDate&Darwin?[M.Gittens]

From: VC <boston103_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:32:53 -0400
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Hi,

"Jon Heggland" <heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no> wrote in message news:MPG.1d32414e2f1bbf959896d3_at_news.ntnu.no...

>. To repeat myself, I quite like ORM. The NOLOT/LOT distinction

> may even be a useful abstraction for modelling, but to claim that ORM is
> logically different from the RM, and that the difference is crippling
> the RM, is counterproductive.

If you like ORM, you apparently understand what a LOT is. Could you please provide, for my benefit, a [semi]formal definition of what a LOT really is ?

Thanks.

> --
> Jon
Received on Sun Jul 03 2005 - 23:32:53 CEST

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