Re: Hashing for DISTINCT or GROUP BY in SQL

From: Cimode <cimode_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 05:59:15 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <c1e44403-fc63-4955-8f99-f5d1a5377363_at_p26g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>


> In fact, I wonder
> what the hell a 'theory of implementation' would look like.  I'm
> tempted to suggest it would look like a 'theory of brick masoning', or
> a 'theory of mixing flour and water for bread baking'.  Sounds odd, I
> must say.
Personally, I wander why would relational theorist consider that they could get away with not integrating one as a extension of the logical relational model. Nowadays, attempts at building a relationally sound system remains bound to programmer's preferences.

But I like your analogy. Received on Mon Oct 18 2010 - 14:59:15 CEST

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