Re: Is mysql a RDBMS ?

>> if ANSI SQL standard is not documenting an RDBMS, what is then relational
? <<

SQL standards neither document an RDBMS nor has anything to do with relational model. In fact you will not see the word 'relational' in the standard documents. SQL partially models multi-sets (bags) and fails to conform to many fundamental principles that primarily derive the relational benefits.

For starters, get a good text book on database fundamentals (prefer Date's Intro to database systems) and learn the definition of a relation & its binding principles and you'll be able to understand why SQL is not a faithful implementation of the relational model.

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- Anith
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