Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!colt.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.freenet.de!news.newsland.it!eleonora.aioe.org!emma.aioe.org!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: "x" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory Subject: Re: Results in Parallel columns Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:23:11 +0300 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <1150320359.977336.291500@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1150367543.081042.176110@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: s9btCjTiVvvsgWfav5q8uQ.user.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.theory:41440 Thank you for your comments. "Erwin" wrote in message news:1150367543.081042.176110@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > I also think it's pretty obvious that this is a *practical* question > that might possibly better be posted elsewhere instead of in .THEORY. > And I also think that your way of trying to make that clear is a bit > more cryptographical than mine. I noticed that many use a cryptographical style don't answer straight questions pretending they not see them or that are too obvious to be answered. My "style" was not cryptographical at all. I simply asked what it means "parallel" when refering to columns and tables. Without an answer to this question, I cannot provide an answer. > Furthermore, the problem is actually underspecified. I've noticed. That's why I asked those silly questions. > It does not say > whether or not both result sets are guaranteed to have the same number > of rows. It does not say whether the leftmost columns of both result > sets (the ones that contain 1, 2 and 3 in the example) are in fact part > of the result, or whether they are displayed in the post only for > clarification purposes. etc. etc. It does not say a lot of things. > Someone in this forum sometimes makes statements about anyone who > pretends to have answers to these kinds of question. Yes. To any kind of questions. We only have stupidity, foolishness and more questions. P.S. I forgot insults.