Re: Quest for Codd's papers

From: Eric <eric_at_deptj.eu>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:59:01 +0100
Message-ID: <slrnoambj5.7vr.eric_at_bruno.deptj.eu>

On 2017-02-20, Lifepillar <lifepillar_at_lifepillar.me> wrote:

> 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
>

Sadly, yes - even a bit of URL fiddling seems to show that it is the only article in that issue which doesn't have a downloadable PDF.

Eric

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