Re: Proposal: 6NF

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 30 Sep 2006 23:48:06 -0700
Message-ID: <1159685286.885475.62840_at_c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


Brian Selzer wrote:
>

> Every value is a set

No.

> and every set is a value,

Yes.

> so what is the empty set?

A value.

> The absence of a value?

No.

> Does that mean that the absence of a value is a value?

No.

> Isn't that what a NULL represents--the absence of a value?

No.

Marshall Received on Sun Oct 01 2006 - 08:48:06 CEST

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