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Re: MV Keys

From: Jon Heggland <heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:13:43 +0100
Message-ID: <MPG.1e710df6ce57e677989771@news.ntnu.no> 





In article <ZpvNf.36309$Jd.13462_at_newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, 
brian_at_selzer-software.com says...


> A tuple is a set of named values.  It is not a type.  It is an element of a 

> relation.




In the spirit of sharing opinions: A tuple is not a type, but a tuple 
*has* a type. It is very convenient to have tuple types (and relation 
types) when doing database programming.

-- 
Jon


Received on Thu Mar 02 2006 - 07:13:43 CST












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