Re: Row vs. tuple

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Row vs. tuple
Date: 2003-03-15 21:31:22
Message-ID: 15712.1047763882@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.

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

regards, tom lane

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