Re: Does Codd's view of a relational database differ from that ofDate&Darwin?[M.Gittens]

From: Jon Heggland <heggland_at_idi.ntnu.no>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:32:19 +0200
Message-ID: <MPG.1d120eed44b917d4989689_at_news.ntnu.no>


In article <42a5d881$1_at_news.fhg.de>, savinov_at_host.com says...
> Assume you have two tables Products =<Price, Size> and Personel = <Age,
> Salary>. Then you have a record in Products r=<$100, big>.
>
> Question: What Age has the record r?
>
> Answer: null.

With reservations as to the semantics of your somewhat non-intuitive example tables, I prefer

Answer: That is a nonsensical question (on several accounts).

YMMV.

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Jon
Received on Thu Jun 09 2005 - 09:32:19 CEST

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