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$A26.70533_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
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> Then please say so. You're confusing the issue even more than usual with
> such imprecise statements. Whether a type is user-defined or not is
> supremely irrelevant.
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> (BTW, what "group" is "repeated" in a list of (say) integers?)
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 13:13:42 GMT
Message-ID: <a026g.2617$A26.70533_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Jon Heggland wrote:
> dawn wrote:
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>>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.
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> 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 - 15:13:42 CEST