| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Agent M <agentm(at)themactionfaction(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Postgres general mailing list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Fabian Pascal and RDBMS deficiencies in fully implementing the relational model |
| Date: | 2006-06-09 15:20:46 |
| Message-ID: | 20060609152046.GC26418@svana.org |
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On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 07:09:12AM -0400, Agent M wrote:
> Well, the Date argument against NULLs (and he never endorsed them, or
> so he claims) is that they are not data- they represent the absence of
> data- so why put non-data in a _data_base.
At this point you could start a whole philosophical discussion about
whether knowing you don't know something is a fact worth storing.
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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