Re: What does this NULL mean?

"Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:7u7of.2299$V7.264_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> mountain man wrote:
> [..]
>> Theorists like Date who think the null should be rationalised
>> out of existence have no demonstrated understanding of the
>> database change management environment, and specifically
>> the management of schema evolution and its consequences
>> in regard to the generation of nulls.
>
> Just picking up on a minor point that has been front of mind for some
> while - who in this place considers Date to be a credible theorist and
> especially to be accorded stature commensurate with a luminary?

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Maurice Gittens has his say in an article entitled "A Codd inspired amendment to my critical reading of the Third Manifesto". Its somewhere out there and an interesting perspective.

-- 
Pete Brown
IT Managers & Engineers
Falls Creek
Australia
www.mountainman.com.au/software