Re: Objects and Relations
From: Kenneth Downs <knode.wants.this_at_see.sigblock>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:01:13 -0500
Message-ID: <1170705674.934419_at_nntp.acecape.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:01:13 -0500
Message-ID: <1170705674.934419_at_nntp.acecape.com>
Walt wrote:
>>
>> > All databases, RM or otherwise, are about record-keeping. That is
>> > their purpose.
>>
>> I presume by "keeping" you mean persistence. By "record" do you mean
>> a tuple of a relation? If so I don't agree. An RDB is about "record
>> keeping", but not an OODB (used appropriately).
>
> I don't think the term "record-keeping" is closely related to the term
> "record" as you assert above.
> Record-keeping predates electronic computers.
-- Kenneth Downs Secure Data Software, Inc. (Ken)nneth_at_(Sec)ure(Dat)a(.com)Received on Mon Feb 05 2007 - 21:01:13 CET