Re: atomic
From: paul c <toledobythesea_at_ooyah.ac>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:49:04 GMT
Message-ID: <QL0Xi.170513$Da.76406_at_pd7urf1no>
>
> I suspect that makes sense to me might not to you ;-) but I'll toss
> out an optional list of keywords in a predicate as a possible empty
> RVA in a tuple. Another example is OtherLastNames, FormerLastNames or
> AliasLastNames. One row in the tuple might include only a "maiden
> name" for a person, another might have two other last names used by
> this person (other than the value of LastName in this row) and a third
> might be the empty set. HTH --dawn
>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 15:49:04 GMT
Message-ID: <QL0Xi.170513$Da.76406_at_pd7urf1no>
dawn wrote:
> On Nov 1, 6:24 pm, paul c <toledobythe..._at_ooyah.ac> wrote:
>> Roy Hann wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> Two indentical-looking tuples can mean entirely different things. I can >>> think of any number of meanings for {Roy, 47}. Maybe it's my name and age. >>> Or my name and the number of illegitimate children I have. Or maybe it's my >>> father's name and his house number. Who knows, until I tell you? >>> Roy >> I'm still looking for an example of a predicate that uses RVA's where an >> empty RVA in a tuple makes sense.
>
> I suspect that makes sense to me might not to you ;-) but I'll toss
> out an optional list of keywords in a predicate as a possible empty
> RVA in a tuple. Another example is OtherLastNames, FormerLastNames or
> AliasLastNames. One row in the tuple might include only a "maiden
> name" for a person, another might have two other last names used by
> this person (other than the value of LastName in this row) and a third
> might be the empty set. HTH --dawn
>