Re: Limit on the number of relations in a database

"Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message news:c2n5gg$23ts$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com...
> "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message
> news:4fmdnbSTrq9wG9PdRVn-uA_at_golden.net...
> > "Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm> wrote in message
> > news:c27tbf$2mg0$1_at_gazette.almaden.ibm.com...
> > > "Drago Ganic" <drago.ganic_at_in2.hr> wrote in message
> > > news:c1r4ku$dku$1_at_sunce.iskon.hr...
> > > [snip]
> > > > I do agree that we can model relations so that all attributs are
"not
> > > null"
> > > > and work with 2VL. That is one solution (i don't think it's a
> practical
> > > one,
> > > > because we get far to many relations in our data model).
> > >
> > > In theory, what's the practical limit for the number of relations in a
> > > database?
> >
> > That's an interesting question. In practice, what's the theoretical
limit?
> >

>
> I think the question is, which theory(s) do we bring to bear.

It was a joke Paul. Theory and practice--much like immovable objects and irresistable forces--define different universes. Received on Wed Mar 10 2004 - 19:37:34 CET