Re: Generalised approach to storing address details
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac>
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:19:31 GMT
Message-ID: <TaReh.456661$1T2.35433_at_pd7urf2no>
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> Would you say the following table is hiding information?
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> T_Person
> Name Age Weight
> john 30 yr 180 lbs
> mary 25 yr 60 kgs
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> If so, how would you structure it so that it doesn't.
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Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:19:31 GMT
Message-ID: <TaReh.456661$1T2.35433_at_pd7urf2no>
Neo wrote:
>>I'd say that any data >>model besides the well-described relational one (not that I'm suggesting >>another one) would be right to follow the IP, otherwise it is hiding >>information which seems crazy to me. That way people don't have to >>memorize what a particular product does under such and such a >>circumstance, which would open the door for all the cuckoo arbitary >>behaviours that the products Codd was railing against.
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> Would you say the following table is hiding information?
>
> T_Person
> Name Age Weight
> john 30 yr 180 lbs
> mary 25 yr 60 kgs
>
> If so, how would you structure it so that it doesn't.
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I can't say since I don't know what information the user wishes to record.
p Received on Sun Dec 10 2006 - 11:19:31 CET