Re: no names allowed, we serve types only

From: Cimode <cimode_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:43:22 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <47dc6733-c033-4b7e-8ed9-b5d4daeb395f_at_f15g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>


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> The thread started as Keith's attempt to demote attribute names in
> favor of types, and was vehemently objected to. From my angle (that
> would be relational lattice:-) Relational Model is a theory of
> Relations with Named Attributes. It is difficult to see unnamed
> perspective (with positional attributes) as contender anymore.
Who said that an un-named attribute theory of relations imposes a position on attributes.

>This is
> especially evident through the prism of set intersection join (aka
> composition) operation...
How? Received on Thu Feb 18 2010 - 22:43:22 CET

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