Re: Database design, Keys and some other things

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 1 Oct 2005 07:59:22 -0700
Message-ID: <1128178762.380127.141530@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

mAsterdam wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
> >
> > However, there is a definite trap in this general area, which
> > is the trap of thinking that there is anything profound to
> > be said about the relationship between the internal and the
> > external predicate. That relationship, between the database
> > and the world it models, exists only in the minds of the users
> > of the system, and it is wholly an illusion, if you will.
> > This is an important point, and it is also a philosophical one.
>
> And both profound and relevant.

I guess you're saying it's profound that there's nothing profound to be said about the relationship between internal and externa predicate. I guess I could buy that.

Marshall Received on Sat Oct 01 2005 - 09:59:22 CDT