Re: cdt glossary - TABLE (was: Base Normal Form)

From: David Cressey <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:49:16 GMT
Message-ID: <gUaCe.12122$aY6.10566@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>

"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message news:42cffb48$0$2663$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...

> The current (0.0.4) glossary entry,
>
> > [Table/Row/Column] (SQL-DBMS)
> > Table: A collection of columns (the table header) and rows (the body).
> > Row: A collection of values, conforming to the table header columns.
> >
> > One table may contain data about one entity,
> > about several entities, about one or several
> > relationships or any combination.
> > A column can be seen as the attribute of the
> > entity/one of the entities/relationships
> > about which the table is concerned.
>
> , says nothing about the rows being ordered or not.
> Should it?

The above is correct, in my opinion.

In particular, the word "collection" is, in this context, more useful than either "list" or "array".

The question of "ordered" goes beyond the definition, IMO, even though it's an interesting one. Received on Sat Jul 16 2005 - 11:49:16 CDT