Re: Possible bridges between OO programming proponents and relational model

From: JXStern <JXSternChangeX2R_at_gte.net>
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:56:42 GMT
Message-ID: <uph7825h0b6gmkabjq748p303j2p96nc6b@4ax.com>

On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:34:19 GMT, Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> The relational model really only uses one "relation", which is
>> adjacency.
>
>I disagree with the term "adjacency" as it implies physical location of
>some sort and necessarily refers to a physical representation of a tuple
>as opposed to the tuple itself--all the while ignoring the ability to
>name predicates.

Ya, I thought better of that as soon as I posted it. I could defend it, but it'd be pretty argumentative and maybe still not important, or just plain wrong, so ... never mind!

J. Received on Mon Jun 05 2006 - 00:56:42 CDT