Re: ID field as logical address
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:28:40 -0300
Message-ID: <4a203768$0$23765$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> I don't know that doing so is some kind of theoretical error. Since
> they are used to define relations, then presumably a single tuple could
> be an attribute value. However, when we already have relations and a
> set of relation operators, doing so seems superfluous.
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:28:40 -0300
Message-ID: <4a203768$0$23765$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
paul c wrote:
> Bob Badour wrote:
> ...
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>> Tuples as data types and data values are perfectly fine. What's wrong >> with them? >> ...
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> I don't know that doing so is some kind of theoretical error. Since
> they are used to define relations, then presumably a single tuple could
> be an attribute value. However, when we already have relations and a
> set of relation operators, doing so seems superfluous.
> (I have often mused to myself about sets of tuples, constituting a
> bastard attribute that is unnamed, which may have uses, but it wouldn't
> be allowed in Codd's model.)
If it is unnamed, how would you refer to it? Names are important things. Received on Fri May 29 2009 - 21:28:40 CEST