Re: Quest for Codd's papers
From: Lifepillar <lifepillar_at_lifepillar.me>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:34:34 +0100
Message-ID: <o8ek8d$62m$1_at_adenine.netfront.net>
>> On 2016-01-19, compdb_at_hotmail.com <compdb_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:27:37 AM UTC-8, Nicola wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 5:35:13 AM UTC-5, Nicola wrote:
>>>>>> I have been long searching for Codd's "Understanding Relations"
>>>>>> series of
>>>>>> articles, especially Installment #7. Does anyone happen to have a
>>>>>> copy?
>>>
>>>> I have access to ACM papers through my institution, but only
>>>> Installment #4
>>>> is there. They should be included in the SIGMOD Anthology DVDs, but
>>>> as far
>>>> as I know such DVDs are out of print.
>>>
>>> It's available through my institution in the ACM Digital Library, ACM
>>> SIGMOD Record Volume 7 Issue 3-4, 1975.
>>>
>>> It's (obscurely) in the Source Materials / Front Matter / pdf
>>> download. Which is actually a scan of the whole issue, except for a
>>> few articles which have been excised and are available as the (only)
>>> articles listed in the electronic Table of Contents.
>>>
>>> Interestingly Codd's article isn't listed in the scanned table of
>>> contents.
>>
>> Some of the others are like that too (but maybe in the TOC). The one I
>> don't have is the first one.
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:34:34 +0100
Message-ID: <o8ek8d$62m$1_at_adenine.netfront.net>
On 20/02/2017 12:18, Lifepillar wrote:
> On 19/01/2016 18:06, Eric wrote:
>> On 2016-01-19, compdb_at_hotmail.com <compdb_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 7:27:37 AM UTC-8, Nicola wrote:
>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 5:35:13 AM UTC-5, Nicola wrote:
>>>>>> I have been long searching for Codd's "Understanding Relations"
>>>>>> series of
>>>>>> articles, especially Installment #7. Does anyone happen to have a
>>>>>> copy?
>>>
>>>> I have access to ACM papers through my institution, but only
>>>> Installment #4
>>>> is there. They should be included in the SIGMOD Anthology DVDs, but
>>>> as far
>>>> as I know such DVDs are out of print.
>>>
>>> It's available through my institution in the ACM Digital Library, ACM
>>> SIGMOD Record Volume 7 Issue 3-4, 1975.
>>>
>>> It's (obscurely) in the Source Materials / Front Matter / pdf
>>> download. Which is actually a scan of the whole issue, except for a
>>> few articles which have been excised and are available as the (only)
>>> articles listed in the electronic Table of Contents.
>>>
>>> Interestingly Codd's article isn't listed in the scanned table of
>>> contents.
>>
>> Some of the others are like that too (but maybe in the TOC). The one I
>> don't have is the first one.
> > Apparently, they have updated their library. If you search for ACM > SIGMOD Record, Issue 1, June 1973, the first installment (actually, the > whole issue) is there. In the Front Matter, as usual.
Ouch, the PDF has only a TOC :(
Nicola Received on Mon Feb 20 2017 - 12:34:34 CET