>>> An SQL database is deemed "Relational" when it can communicate
>>> mildly
...
SQL stands for Structured Query Language.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with the data store but rather is a
specification of the Language used to retrieve/manipulate the datastore.
This is the same as "C" or
Relational databases, and the Relational Model, are not so called because
their records stand in relation to other records. The Model, and the
subsequent databases, are about relations, which are a long-standing
and precisely defined mathematical concept. So, I'm afraid, you are
actually wrong
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:31:10 +0200, R Smith wrote:
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> >> An SQL database is deemed "Relational" when it can communicate mildly
> >> relational data using mildly relational (but mathematically sound)
> >> methods. It doesn't need to be (nor claim to be) the Almighty keeper of
> >> all
An SQL database is deemed "Relational" when it can communicate mildly
relational data using mildly relational (but mathematically sound)
methods. It doesn't need to be (nor claim to be) the Almighty keeper of
all relationality, nor even simply conform to various specific
interpretations of the
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:44:23 -0600, Warren Young wrote:
> On Oct 11, 2018, at 2:25 PM, Eric wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:20:08 -0600, Warren Young wrote:
>>> On Oct 11, 2018, at 12:26 AM, Darren Duncan wrote:
>> 8><
>>
This makes me think that it would be useful, if it
On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 00:06:38 +0200, R Smith wrote:
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>> WARNING: the following sentence will be claimed to be controversial:
>>
>> No database based on SQL is truly relational.
>
> LOL - who would claim that to be controversial?
>
> It doesn't spur controversy...
>
> It's worthy of a shrug at
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:56:21 -0700, David Barrett
wrote:
> Incidentally, Bedrock is built on a blockchain as well -- though I agree
> with the sentiment that blockchain isn't actually new at all, and not that
> big of a deal. More information is here:
> http://bedrockdb.com/blockchain.html
Incidentally, Bedrock is built on a blockchain as well -- though I agree
with the sentiment that blockchain isn't actually new at all, and not that
big of a deal. More information is here:
http://bedrockdb.com/blockchain.html Hope you enjoy it!
-david
On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 3:06 PM R Smith
WARNING: the following sentence will be claimed to be controversial:
No database based on SQL is truly relational.
LOL - who would claim that to be controversial?
It doesn't spur controversy...
It's worthy of a shrug at best, perhaps a "So what?".
It sounds like a deepity - much like any
On Oct 11, 2018, at 2:25 PM, Eric wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:20:08 -0600, Warren Young wrote:
>> On Oct 11, 2018, at 12:26 AM, Darren Duncan wrote:
> 8><
>
>>> This makes me think that it would be useful, if it doesn't already,
>>> for Fossil to have something analogous to a
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:37:47 -0600, "Keith Medcalf" wrote:
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> Balderdash.
>
> > The interlocking of artifacts by cryptographic hashes does seem very much
> > like the same idea as blockchain, which Wikipedia says was invented in
> > 2008. It is interesting that the first Fossil checkin was 21
Balderdash.
> The interlocking of artifacts by cryptographic hashes does seem very much
> like the same idea as blockchain, which Wikipedia says was invented in
> 2008. It is interesting that the first Fossil checkin was 21 July, 2007
> (and the first git checkin was 7 April, 2005).
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