Re: One-To-One Relationships
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:16:14 GMT
Message-ID: <OJX4j.21139$UQ1.10955_at_pd7urf1no>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:16:14 GMT
Message-ID: <OJX4j.21139$UQ1.10955_at_pd7urf1no>
rpost wrote:
...
> There is a subtle difference. A "reference" (or "pointer") is something
> that refers; an entity, in the context of ER modelling (or "object", in
> the context that terms like "reference" and "pointer" are used),
> is something that can be referred to.
>
> Other than that, I agree.
>
> It doesn't answer the question, though: what does it buy them?
>
Maybe you want an answer to a different question, eg., "what do you wish it to buy them?". Received on Mon Dec 03 2007 - 19:16:14 CET