Re: Advice on SQL and records

On 24 Aug 2005 10:10:07 -0700, "Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>David Cressey wrote:
>>
>> But "language police" invariably obstruct
>> clarity of thought rather than facilitating it.
>> That's why I made the reference to 1984.
>
>"Invariably" seems too strong a work here.
>I'd certainly go with "sometimes." But it's
>often the case (as I think Gene was saying)
>that clarity of thought *comes from* precise
>language, and that's what the language police
>want. (The good ones, anyway.)

     Quite.

>Hey, what was your post about the difference
>between table/row/column and relation/tuple/attribute
>if not language policing? :-)

     He was correcting ME, and I appreciated the correction, too.

>Officer Marshall

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     <giggle>

Sincerely,

Gene[ral] Wirchenko Received on Wed Aug 24 2005 - 22:34:41 CEST