Re: Why all the max length constraints?

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1148787091.347602.244980_at_j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> J M Davitt wrote:
> > dawn wrote:
> > > J M Davitt wrote:
> > >
> > >>dawn wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>[OK, here is my next "stupid question" as I cut a path in my study of
> > >>>the RM. Those teachers who just want to tell this student how
ignorant
> > >>>she is are welcome to sit this out as I really am hoping to
> > >>>understand.]
> > >>
> > >>[Quiz time: what are scalars, tuples, and relations?]
> >
> > It's a quiz. These are fundamental terms in the relational model.
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> Yes, I know. Why do you think I could not define them? I've provided
> definitions, likely for each of these, for the glossary at one time or
> another, along with defs for "functions" which are relations.
>

JMD may have joined the group since the time you did that. I think you could save everybody a lot of time by just answering the quiz. It shouldn't be too much of a burden, if you've answered these questions before. Received on Sun May 28 2006 - 13:51:43 CEST