Monday, October 18, 2004
dBforums - The Theoretical Foundations of the Relational Model
dBforums - The Theoretical Foundations of the Relational Model
"In the midst of the current flare-up in the long-running 'objects vs relations' flame-war, I thought it might be useful to take a moment, step back, and explain to the object folk something of where the relational crowd are coming from. I'm going to try to do this without once mentioning the word 'database'. (Oops.)
The origins of the 'relational model' lie in mathematical philosophy, and specifically in something known variously as 'predicate logic' or 'symbolic logic'. (I'll use the later term.) If you want to read more about all of this I'd recommend the three books at the end of this post."
"In the midst of the current flare-up in the long-running 'objects vs relations' flame-war, I thought it might be useful to take a moment, step back, and explain to the object folk something of where the relational crowd are coming from. I'm going to try to do this without once mentioning the word 'database'. (Oops.)
The origins of the 'relational model' lie in mathematical philosophy, and specifically in something known variously as 'predicate logic' or 'symbolic logic'. (I'll use the later term.) If you want to read more about all of this I'd recommend the three books at the end of this post."
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