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$UG6.7398446_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
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> It's not clear to me that a table has ordering, if I understand you
> correctly.
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:55:17 GMT
Message-ID: <pvDze.140586$UG6.7398446_at_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...
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>>I think that would be very confusing. First, his table actually has >>ordering, functions don't.
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> 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?
- Jan Hidders