OT: What makes a DBMS multi-valued

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Walter Vaughan (Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:22:08 -0500):

> Fairlight wrote:
>
> > Apparently my lack of -formal- DB training is showing.  I understand
> > about 1/3 of what they're trying to convey.  Okay, let me ask this--
> > how are MV databases "bad"?
>
> [make sure you are reading this with fixed width fonts]
>
> How about what makes them good to begin. However one man's good is
> probably another's bad. Given the following header/detail:
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>From your description, this "multi-valued data" seems very similar to
filePro's associated fields.  Did I read that right?

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