Re: Distributed foreign keys (was Re: Category Types)

From: Paul Vernon <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:55:43 +0100
Message-ID: <bcrtus$1qpu$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com>


"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message news:6I4Ia.17$t13.195_at_news.oracle.com...
>
> "Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message
> news:bcq3u8$201s$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com...
> > Hugh Darwen has a proposal for such "distributed foreign key" shorthands
> in
> > this presentation.
> >
> >
> http://www.hughdarwen.freeola.com/TheThirdManifesto.web/Missing-info-without
> -nulls.pdf
>
> Regarding the presentation, for the person who earns no salary, can't we
> just assume that the salary is 0? (That is what I thought 0 number
> abstraction is for;-)

Can you pay me $0.00 for the answer? Check will be fine, just make it out for zero.

Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 10:55:43 CEST

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