RE: Cartesian

From: Kevin Lange <kgel_at_ppoone.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:12:19 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0031687E.20010531120938@fatcity.com>

When you say "Cartesian Join" you are basically speaking, like you said, of a "Cartesian Product of two Matrixes". Each row joined to each row of each Matrix. Cartesian Joins in Relational DBs are basically 2 or more tables in query without a join condition so that each row in the first table is joined to every row in the other table.

So basically "Cartesian Join" = "Cartesian Product"

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I guess this has already been answered, but to clarify:

I believe "Cartesian" refers to a *product* ("Cartesian product"), not a join.

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[mailto:Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:41 PM
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Cartesian Join? <shudder>
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