Re: the two questions

"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac> wrote in message news:8jY2j.58372$PE.53969_at_pd7urf1no...
> JOG wrote:
> ...
>> This time I agree with you (although I did have to look up what
>> 'haeccity' meant) - it is often the case that the identifier we need
>> isn't available to us (I mean we can't often check a butterflies dna
>> right...).
>> ...
>
> In my more lucid moments I fancy I can discern the gist or essence of a db
> design (okay, let the mystics call it application model if they want and
> pretend that a db somehow contains "entities" as long as the pretense
> makes them feel better and doesn't distort what the user really needs) but
> "haecceity"? Eg., the haicceity of a database entity? Give me a break!
>
> As Ounslow would say, "nice"! Apparently
>
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/haecceity
>
> gives a synonym - "quiddity". I would have guessed that had something to
> do with being flush, money-wise but it seems it has more to with
> obfuscation!
>

Precision really isn't a bad thing. Perhaps you should find out what the words really mean before making an ass of yourself.

> I guess some people will forever want to chase butterflies.
Received on Tue Nov 27 2007 - 19:10:52 CET