Re: Proper relational database?

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proper relational database?
Date: 2016-04-23 02:45:37
Message-ID: a9d9a4fc-879c-cedb-b5b1-63396f3672bf@hogranch.com
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On 4/22/2016 7:04 PM, david(at)andl(dot)org wrote:
> Absolutely not. SQL is a (nearly) full implementation of the relational algebra, plus other non-relational stuff. The only thing it really can't handle is a table with no columns! (I have to fake that)

a table with no columns would have no primary key... doesn't that
violate one of the fundamental tenets of the relational model ?

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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