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Re: How to find Brothers and Sisters?

From: Lennart <Erik.Lennart.Jonsson_at_gmail.com>
Date: 30 Dec 2006 09:59:07 -0800
Message-ID: <1167501546.996606.73960@n51g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>

JOG wrote:
[...]
>Some root entry in 'persons' who has himself or one of
> his successors as a father... erm.....hold on...
>
> (I think that Marshall once pointed out that the technical term for
> this is Furturama-NF, where Fry is his own grandfather)

Sorry for bumping in late. I don see how you can prevent this anomaly without a closure operator (disregarding triggers, and such). Do you have a reference to Marshall's post?

/Lennart Received on Sat Dec 30 2006 - 11:59:07 CST

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