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Re: Surrogate Keys: an Implementation Issue

From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:11:14 GMT
Message-ID: <6iJzg.298039$Mn5.198165@pd7tw3no>


David Cressey wrote:
> "paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message
> news:HN5zg.274778$iF6.97061_at_pd7tw2no...

>> David Cressey wrote:
>>> "JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:1154262656.521112.118530_at_b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>>> This discussion has illuminated me, and I would like to share that. A
>>>> row is of course merely a proposition,
>>>
>>> A small but important (IMO) correction:
>>>
>>> A row contains a proposition.  That's not quite equivalent to saying

> that a
>>> row is a proposition.
>>>
>>>
>> Or a row stands for a proposition?

>
> How about "the contents of a row stands for a proposition."
> ...

I don't know, heh, one reason being that I don't know how to write down a row that has no 'contents' (I believe Brian S might think he does, though!).

p Received on Tue Aug 01 2006 - 09:11:14 CDT

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