Re: A question for Mr. Celko
From: Marshall Spight <mspight_at_dnai.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:19:32 GMT
Message-ID: <8wpKc.108544$IQ4.77190_at_attbi_s02>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:19:32 GMT
Message-ID: <8wpKc.108544$IQ4.77190_at_attbi_s02>
"John Jacob" <jingleheimerschmitt_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:72f08f6c.0407172229.1c151d17_at_posting.google.com...
> > I hypothesize that you can have list-valued-attributes inline (as
> > is already often the case with strings) and relation-valued attributes
> > implemented as separate relations, and still keep things quite simple.
> > I'm still investigating this, though.
>
> Not only would I agree, but I would argue that not allowing them, as
> is the case in today's systems makes things harder in general.
Exactly my thought.
Marshall Received on Sun Jul 18 2004 - 09:19:32 CEST