Re: Lucid statement of the MV vs RM position?

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 11:26:10 GMT
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"Jon Heggland" <jon.heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no> wrote in message news:e3pdea$d3e$1_at_orkan.itea.ntnu.no...

> I don't dispute that; please pay attention. I'm saying that SUMMARIZE is
> not an aggregate operator; in particular, it is not SUM. SUMMARIZE
> produces a relation; SUM produces a number. Is your point that you
> actually want to use the same name for these two operations? Why?

I don't understand why an aggregate operator could not produce a relation. Received on Tue May 09 2006 - 13:26:10 CEST

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