Re: Re[2]: [GENERAL] Joins and links

> Hello David,
>
> Monday, July 05, 1999 you wrote:
>
> D> I have just been thinking a bit more and have realised that the
> D> multi-generational architecture of 6.5 (which I have used in Interbase)
> D> means that probably both clustering (in thr dynamic sense) and full
> D> record number support as request by Leon are impractical.
>
> D> It seems to me that record number relationships will fail completely if
> D> there can be more than one version of a record.
>
> Maybe it is a silly question, but what are "more than one version
> of a record"? In my opinion record is a atomic unique entity.
> Isn't it?

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