Re: Flat Query

Marshall Spight wrote:
> Jenski wrote:
> > I've heard people use the term "Flat Query" what is it?
> > Is it a query that is performed on one table?
>
> I have generally found that use of the word "flat" is
> a good sign that I don't have to listen to what the person
> says. The word doesn't mean anything, but a lot of people
> insist that it does, right up until you ask them what.

When I have used the term, I did mean something ;-) I'll buy that there is nothing consistent in the use of the term, and it is very informal.

> You also hear the term "flat file", which means, I believe,
> "file."

I have used this terminology for putting data in 1NF, for example. You take a file that includes nested lists and turn it into "flat files" or relational tables. A flat file might be the opposite of one definition of a multidimensional file. --dawn

>
> Marshall
Received on Thu Oct 13 2005 - 19:45:35 CEST