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Re: More on lists and sets

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:44:32 GMT
Message-ID: <4%RVf.539$st.131@trndny05>

"Brian Selzer" <brian_at_selzer-software.com> wrote in message news:R4RVf.59914$H71.43001_at_newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...

> If a tuple with a list is deleted, the contents of the list is also
deleted,
> possibly snuffing out the only instance of that list in the database.
This
> may not be a problem in most cases, but wasn't this same scenario one of
the
> arguments for further normalization?

Is this the same thing as what Dawn called the "ripple delete" in her blog? Received on Mon Mar 27 2006 - 07:44:32 CST

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