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by sgeneris 10y ago
Right, there is never time to do it right and lots of time to do it over. I do not think that your reading of history of the field is anywhere close to reality. I do suggest that you read as carefully my comments as I write them: I did not
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by sgeneris 10y ago
Database design IS logic. That's the point of the RDM: to formalize and symbolize semantics such that the DBMS can enforce integrity on and manipulate data, such that logical and semantic correctness is guaranteed. Leave that to users
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by sgeneris 10y ago
Unless it is possible for a RDBMS to make that decision instead of relying on the users as we know them to be. Which it is, but just because people are working in the db field without an ounce of introduction to logic is not good enough rea
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by sgeneris 10y ago
I wouldn't expose your inability to understand if I were you.
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by sgeneris 10y ago
The RDM is an attempt to maximize database management by the DBMS. What is left only in the mind of users--particularly the kind of users we witness here--is nothing but trouble. Reliance on sheer user discipline--for no good reason, for th
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by sgeneris 10y ago
Erwin, To those without a background in logic lots of things can seem absurd.
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by sgeneris 10y ago
May have something to do with the reader's ability to comprehend.
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by sgeneris 10y ago
> Wow, this was hard to read. Well maybe the reader had something to do with it.
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Database Design: Relation Predicates and “Identical Relations”(dbdebunk.com)
59 points by sgeneris 10y ago|43 comments
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Database Design:Classes of Property-Sharing Entities and Relations(dbdebunk.com)
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Data, Information, Knowledge Discovery, and Knowledge Representation(allanalytics.com)
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by sgeneris 10y ago
http://www.dbdebunk.com/2016/08/understanding-keys-entity-de... http://www.dbdebunk.com/2016/06/on-kinds-of-keys-natural-pri... THE KEY TO KEYS: A MATTER OF IDENTITY http://ww
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by sgeneris 10y ago
http://tinyurl.com/hl84fes http://tinyurl.com/gktal74 http://tinyurl.com/h26fpwa http://tinyurl.com/zjyd4aa http://tinyurl.com/jmajceb
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Understanding Keys: Entity-Defining Properties and Entity Names(dbdebunk.com)
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The Silicon Valley State: Data Science, Coding and the Automation Paradox(allanalytics.com)
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Data Science, Coding, the Automation Paradox, and the Silicon Valley State(allanalytics.com)
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Duplicates: Stating Same Fact Than Once Does Not Make It Truer, Only Redundant(dbdebunk.com)
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Levels of Representation: Relationships, Rules, Relations and Constraints(dbdebunk.com)
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NoSQL, Big Data Analytics, and the Loss of Knowledge and Reason(allanalytics.com)
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First Normal Form (1NF) in Theory and Practice(dbdebunk.com)
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Weak Entities, Referential Constraints and the Conceptual-Logical Conflation(dbdebunk.com)
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Why Data Scientists Must Understand Normalization(allanalytics.com)
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Multidimensional Relations, Flat Tables and Logical-Physical Confusion(dbdebunk.com)
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Conceptual Modeling, Logical Design, Physical Implementation(dbdebunk.com)
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On Kinds of Keys: Natural, Primary and Surrogate; and the NoSQL Illusion(dbdebunk.com)
3 points by sgeneris 10y ago|0 comments