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Re: Base Normal Form

From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:55:17 GMT
Message-ID: <pvDze.140586$UG6.7398446@phobos.telenet-ops.be>


David Cressey wrote:
> "Jan Hidders" <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message
> news:Lfeze.139531$Jn.7313539_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>
>

>>I think that would be very confusing. First, his table actually has
>>ordering, functions don't. 

>
> It's not clear to me that a table has ordering, if I understand you
> correctly.

Since you did not really define the notion of "table" but distinguished it from relation I made a guess that by table you meant something where the tuples were ordered as in a list. But since it's your term you get to define it, so if you say it is a bag, then it is a bag. Is it?

Received on Fri Jul 08 2005 - 17:55:17 CDT

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