Path: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!pd7cy2so!shaw.ca!news.alt.net!cyclone.bc.net!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.netins.net!not-for-mail From: "Dawn M. Wolthuis" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Can these constraint be implemented in an RDBMS ? Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 12:50:10 -0600 Organization: netINS InterNetNews site Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.120.93.7 X-Trace: news.netins.net 1078339813 32123 199.120.93.7 (3 Mar 2004 18:50:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@netins.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:50:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: newssvr20.news.prodigy.com comp.databases.theory:24374 "Roy Hann" wrote in message news:c249fj$fjv$1@titan.btinternet.com... > "Dawn M. Wolthuis" wrote in message > news:c234ev$g9q$1@news.netins.net... > > It is a bit sad that the relational model is practically on its last leg > > before it even has an implementation, eh? Or maybe that's the reason ... > ? > > [Just thought I'd show my true colors in case anyone has not realized that > > there are some database theorists that are not relational zealots -- I > among > > them] smiles. --dawn > > Only relational zealots are database theorists. All the others, including > you, indulge in conjecture. Conjecture <> Theory. > > Roy Hann Show me a scientist who does not indulge in conjecture! Surely you have an appreciation for hypotheses that have not yet been proven, right? Afterall, what is a theory? I looked it up and here is one of the defintions found at dictionary.com Theory, def: "An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture" Of course, we don't want only untested theories. smiles. --dawn