Re: Lucid statement of the MV vs RM position?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 13:13:42 GMT
Message-ID: <a026g.2617$A26.70533@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Jon Heggland wrote:

> dawn wrote:
>

>>Jon Heggland wrote:
>>
>>>So now user-defined datatypes violate 1NF as well?
>>
>>Only if they would be in the category of repeating groups or "nonsimple
>>domains" such as list-valued attributes.

>
> Then please say so. You're confusing the issue even more than usual with
> such imprecise statements. Whether a type is user-defined or not is
> supremely irrelevant.
>
> (BTW, what "group" is "repeated" in a list of (say) integers?)

Jon, she's a self-aggrandizing ignorant and a crank. You are wasting your time. Received on Wed May 03 2006 - 08:13:42 CDT