Re: Noninferential vs. inferential DBMS

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"Paul" <paul_at_test.com> wrote in message news:xcToc.4050$NK4.344338_at_stones.force9.net...
> x wrote:
> >>Is a non-inferential DBMS really a DBMS ?
> >
> > Nobody has any opinon on the above ?
>
> Define "inferential" in the context of a database.
>
> A non-inferential database is one that you can add data to but you can't
> get ANYTHING out? i.e. you can infer nothing from it? So you can INSERT,
> UPDATE or DELETE but not SELECT?

No. ANYTHING is too much. Of course you can get SOMETHING out.

in-fer-ence (in'fuhr uhns, -fruhns) n.

                  3.  Logic.
                       a.  the process of deriving from assumed
                            premises either the strict logical
                            conclusion or one that is to some
                            degree probable.
                       b.  a proposition reached by a process
                            of inference.

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