Re: A Normalization Question
From: Larry Coon <lcnospam_at_assist.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:55:59 -0700
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:55:59 -0700
Message-ID: <40F4222F.2A02_at_assist.org>
Neo wrote:
> That is correct, everything in a db is a fact. The string 'brown' is a
> fact.
Bzzt...no. The string "brown" is a string. The proposition, "The person's name is 'Brown'" (assuming it's true) is a fact. The proposition, "The color of the car is 'brown' is a fact. Strings are no more facts in database systems than adjectives are facts in natural language.
Larry Coon
University of California
Received on Tue Jul 13 2004 - 19:55:59 CEST