Re: Temporal database - no end date

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 22 Jan 2007 10:27:23 -0800
Message-ID: <1169490443.446831.139510_at_a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>


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 - 19:27:23 CET

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