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Re: joining tables and the order changes

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In article <itvepc$f6h$1@speranza.aioe.org>, art.ward@noreply.xx says...

...

> >> In the hope that this was a homework question, I'll just point out 
that
> >> SQL databases don't have "records" they have rows, and rows are just
> >
> >  Most working database people use the terms 
> > "rows" and "records" relatively interchangeably.  
> 
> True, and as long as they know the difference they can get along fine. 
> But rows aren't records; think of column stores for example. 

True, and that's why I said "relatively" interchangeably; you can't 
ALWAYS use them interchangeably.


> 
> > Everybody understands 
> > what you mean either way.  
> 
> Most people who already know the difference get away with it either way.

Yep

> 
> > The rest of your (snipped) post is qute a 
> > good explanation, though rather abstract in its wording.
> 
> Abstraction is good.  Programmmers pursue it relentlessly, for good
> reason.

It's often good for programming though sometimes it can be taken too 
far, but not so much for person-to-person communication in many cases.

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  Re: joining tables and the order changes Arthur Ward <art.ward@noreply.xx> - 2011-06-23 08:50 +0000
    Re: joining tables and the order changes David Kerber <dkerber@WarrenRogersAssociates.invalid> - 2011-06-23 09:09 -0400
      Re: joining tables and the order changes Arthur Ward <art.ward@noreply.xx> - 2011-06-23 13:23 +0000
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