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Re: Fabian Pascal and RDBMS deficiencies in fully implementing the relational model

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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,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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