Re: ID field as logical address

From: Bernard Peek <bap_at_shrdlu.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:42:31 +0100
Message-ID: <4cGFVqUH6BIKFwEj_at_shrdlu.com>


In message <9tUTl.29817$PH1.24288_at_edtnps82>, paul c <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> writes
>Walter Mitty wrote:
>> ...
>> So, even if the relational model doesn't forbid updates on any
>>attribute, the neophyte learning on MS Access is apt to learn that
>>autonumber fields can't be updated.
>> ...
>
>The neophyte learning MS Access is learning MS Access, not relational
>theory. Probably the same can said of whoever designed MS Access.

Access is a great product but I do wish that it had been designed by a data-modeller.

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Bernard Peek
Received on Fri May 29 2009 - 19:42:31 CEST

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