Re: Interesting article: In the Beginning: An RDBMS history
From: x <x_at_not-exists.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:48:24 +0300
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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:48:24 +0300
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"David Cressey" <dcressey_at_verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message
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> > x wrote:
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> > I'm not sure. I thought Codd said that he was using arrays just as a
> > way of explaining the operators.
> I don't think so. I think he was making the distinction between
attributes
> specified by name and attributes specified by position.
What is the difference between a "name" and a "position" from a mathematically point of view ? Received on Thu Apr 06 2006 - 08:48:24 CEST