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Subject: Re: Demo: Db For Dummies
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> ... what is the purpose of these posts?

One will never know without attempting to accomplish the equivalent
with RM, that is model the equivalent things without NULLs or
redundancy (I won't ask you to normalize down to symbols as it would
make RM's solution impractical).