Subject: Re: Add A Glossary
To: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl>,
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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 09:36:50 +0200
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On 11.04.20 21:47, Corey Huinker wrote:
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>     Term 'relation': A sequence is internally a table with one row -
>     right?
>     Shall we extend the list of concrete relations by 'sequence'? Or
>     is this
>     not necessary because 'table' is already there?
>
>
> I wrote one for sequence, it was a bit math-y for Alvaro's taste, so 
> we're going to try again.
>
This seems to be a misunderstanding. My question was whether we shall 
extend the definition of Relation to: "... Tables, views, foreign 
tables, materialized views, indexes, and *sequences* are all relations."

Kind regards, Jürgen


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11.04.20 21:47, Corey Huinker wrote:<br>
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            Term 'relation': A sequence is internally a table with one
            row - right? <br>
            Shall we extend the list of concrete relations by
            'sequence'? Or is this <br>
            not necessary because 'table' is already there?<br>
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          <div>I wrote one for sequence, it was a bit math-y for
            Alvaro's taste, so we're going to try again.</div>
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    <p>This seems to be a misunderstanding. My question was whether we
      shall extend the definition of Relation to: "... Tables, views,
      foreign tables, materialized views, indexes, and *sequences* are
      all relations."</p>
    <p>Kind regards, Jürgen<br>
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