Re: cdt glossary - TABLE
From: Paul <paul_at_test.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:28:33 +0100
Message-ID: <42d1146f$0$24152$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>
>
> The bag you speak of is not a mixed bag.
> Just the "unorderedness" of bag is crucial here, right?
>
> Another thing bugging me is: every representation of
> a table /has/ order - but the tables we speak about
> have none - or do we pretend they have none?
> I would apreciate it if we would have a friendly explanation
> for that - it confuses anyone when starting to think about
> tables at first.
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:28:33 +0100
Message-ID: <42d1146f$0$24152$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>
mAsterdam wrote:
>> A *table* consists of a table header and a body. The *table header* >> consists of a list of column names that contains each column name at >> most once and associates with each column name in that list a certain >> type. The *body* is a bag of rows where a *row* is a list of values >> that conforms to the table header.
>
> The bag you speak of is not a mixed bag.
> Just the "unorderedness" of bag is crucial here, right?
>
> Another thing bugging me is: every representation of
> a table /has/ order - but the tables we speak about
> have none - or do we pretend they have none?
> I would apreciate it if we would have a friendly explanation
> for that - it confuses anyone when starting to think about
> tables at first.
Paul. Received on Sun Jul 10 2005 - 14:28:33 CEST