Oracle-L: Re: FATHER OF RELATIONAL DATABASE MODEL HAS DIED

From: Philip Douglass <philipd_at_sirs.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 13:51:41 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005865CE.20030421135141@fatcity.com>

Nulls??? Codd would be spinning in his grave until you split those dates off into a separate table.

Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 3:41 PM

I would have listed the survivors in separate obituary rows and null dates to preserve normal form.....

P> FATHER OF RELATIONAL DATABASE MODEL HAS DIED | Mercury News

P> The father of the relational database model is dead. Edgar F. Codd, a former
P> IBMer, died over the weekend. He was 79. Before Codd's 1970 research paper
P> laying out the principles of the relational model, analyzing large amounts
P> of data was difficult.

P> For the full details, click:
P> <http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5676110.htm>
P> http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/5676110.htm

P> Pete

P> "Controlling developers is like herding cats."

P> Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook

P> "Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!"

P> Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA

-rje

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