Re: 3vl 2vl and NULL

From: Hugo Kornelis <hugo_at_perFact.REMOVETHIS.info>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:43:27 +0100
Message-ID: <0m7dt1tpahurtm7478uk744snmpbthsb96_at_4ax.com>


On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:48:50 GMT, David Cressey wrote:

>
>"Hugo Kornelis" <hugo_at_perFact.REMOVETHIS.info> wrote
>> On 15 Jan 2006 21:01:28 -0800, vc wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >Hugo Kornelis wrote:
>> >[...]
>> >
>> >> All natural numbers are order number too.
>> >
>> >
>> >What's an 'order number' ?
>>
>> Hi vc,
>>
>> The number that is assigned to an order. You'll see it on the order
>> confirmation, on the invoice, and probably on the packing list as well.
>>
>
>I would have called this an "ordinal number". Are we talking about the same
>thing?
>
>

Hi David,

Nope.

See definitions #11, #12, #13, #33, #45, and #49 to get an idea of the kind of "order" I was thinking of. Then imagine that bookkeeping and tax regualtions require orders of this kind to have a unique number. That's commonly called an order number.

Best, Hugo Received on Tue Jan 24 2006 - 22:43:27 CET

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