Re: Has E/R had a negative impact on db?

> > > Just a thought. I don't like entities. In fact I despise entities,
> > > as the enemy of good information philosophy.
> >
> > What is your definition of an entity? What steps would one go through
> > to verify something is an entity?
>
> I refer to them as they are specified by Chen. I've already pointed out
> I believe their specification is impossible above simply being
> arbitrary so your second question makes no sense to me.

Ok, I just wanted to make sure there isn't anything in RM that would be considered an entity. Received on Sun Apr 23 2006 - 05:12:24 CEST