Re: Row vs. tuple

Tom Lane kirjutas L, 15.03.2003 kell 23:31:
> Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org> writes:
> > How about: s/(row|tuple)/record/
>
> We do need two different terms: eliminating the distinction between a
> row and a version of a row is not going to improve matters.

For me "row version" is a nice, self-explaining term. There is very
little chance that you will misake it for anything else, from whatever
culture (math,db,bean-counting,hardware hacking,...) you come from.

Tuple and record are both already loaded with several different and
contradicting meanings.

> I have nothing against the word "record", but it doesn't seem to help
> clarify this distinction ...

True.

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Hannu