Re: Constraints and Functional Dependencies

On Feb 25, 11:01 pm, "Cimode" <cim..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 26 fév, 05:13, "NENASHI, Tegiri" <tnmai..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This is a fact that is very well known that one can express constraints
> > as implications. Like Abiteboul said in some place "the presence of
> > some tuples *implies* the presence of some other tuples" (or something
> > like this).
>
> Would you please suggest a reference to Abiteboul's works. Not the
> first time I hear about him but I never had a chance to read him.

I believe the specific work Tegi is referring to is:

http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Databases-Logical-Serge-Abiteboul/dp/0201537710/

(Aside: you would not believe what I had to go through to get even a modestly short url for this book.)

Also known as the Alice Book.

Marshall Received on Mon Feb 26 2007 - 08:40:33 CET