Re: Functional Dependency to constrain a relation to exactly one element?
From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 1 Oct 2006 15:37:40 -0700
Message-ID: <1159742260.418505.325820_at_i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
Date: 1 Oct 2006 15:37:40 -0700
Message-ID: <1159742260.418505.325820_at_i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>
vc wrote:
> Marshall wrote:
> >
> > Well, we could always pair an empty determinant set FD with
> > an empty existential constraint. Or, given a candidate key k
> > of relation R, we could perhaps say
> >
> > exists R.k: forall R.k': k = k'
> >
> > (using x' to indicate a different binding of attribute x)
> >
> > Of course, you could make a good case that the above
> > isn't "simple".
>
> One would make a good case that it is not "existential" (why not
> "universal" ?) ;)
Maybe the terminology isn't that important.
Marshall Received on Mon Oct 02 2006 - 00:37:40 CEST