Re: 3 dimensional Oracle database

From: IANAL_VISTA <IANAL_Vista_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 18:48:15 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns965E78142C893SunnySD@68.6.19.6>

"John F. Regus" <jfregus_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote in news:Be4ke.1325$oT1.1071_at_newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net:

> 

>>>
>> NAME the three dimensions you think you see - I have seen none.
>>
>> Cells arrayed with data from different sources: 1 dimension, not
>> three. Data being alphanumeric, or binary (there's no difference in
>> video or sound!): 1 dimension.
>> Data belonging to explicit and specific subjects (explain the
>> difference!): 1 dimension.
>>
>> What cannot be solved in a (flat! 1 dimensional!) table with a
>> structure like:
>> Key Indicator | Subject | Data Type | Data

> 
> 
> I think I said that the data was coming from multiple sources, but
> they all relate to the same subject.  The second dimension is aligning
> .doc data with .doc data or .txt or just plain character data, or
> audio or video data.  The last dimension is historical.   Each z axis
> cell is a historical cell entry. 

Here is a free clue that you can/will also ignore. ALL the data in any database is HISTORICAL, when anyone queries it!

Why are you utterly obessed with the silly notion of 3-D data? Received on Sun May 22 2005 - 13:48:15 CDT