Re: Temporal database - no end date

On Jan 22, 9:39 am, "DBMS_Plumber" <paul_geoffrey_br..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Volker Hetzer wrote:
> > I'm not really sure what's wrong with it. All it shows is that you have
> > chosen the wrong granularity for the job. Your "pick any" sentence simply
> > states that for any real world scenario you can choose the wrong granularity
> > if you insist.
>
> As opposed to a model where you don't have to pick a granularity at
> all, and where there is not even the logical possibility of this
> situation occuring.

If you've explained how to do that, I've missed it. How can you not pick a granularity? The pigeonhole principle would seem to indicate that you must. I assume we're still talking about software on digital computers here.

Marshall Received on Mon Jan 22 2007 - 12:27:23 CST