Re: compound propositions
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:50 -0300
Message-ID: <4ba26d61$0$12455$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> A database with the single attribute 'suppliers' might refer to every
> supplier in the world or only the suppliers in the northwest, whatever
> 'northwest' means.
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:50 -0300
Message-ID: <4ba26d61$0$12455$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
paul c wrote:
>> paul c wrote: >> >>> David BL wrote: >>> ...
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>>> A relation satisfies one or more predicates when its attribute names >> >> How do you figure "or more" ? >> ...
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> A database with the single attribute 'suppliers' might refer to every
> supplier in the world or only the suppliers in the northwest, whatever
> 'northwest' means.
But a given relation refers to only one or the other.
> Seems an important kind of leverage though I don't know how often it's
> been exploited, eg., the same database could form part of both
> applications.
That's why we have views, but different views are different relations. Received on Thu Mar 18 2010 - 19:15:50 CET