news <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/04/2005 12:59:53 PM: > Greetings everyone, > > I haven't been able to find any piece of information on temporal databases > and MySQL except the code from the TAU Project which seems to be > experimental at best. Not even discussions on the mailing lists or on the > forums but while I was looking for "temporal", people may have been > referring to this thing in other terms. > > And so I'm asking : Are there any obvious resources I've missed or would it > be simpler just to post the issues in here ? > > Thank you, > Daniel > > I am not familiar with the use of the adjective "temporal" with the word "database". To me "temporal" means "of or having to do with time or it's measurement". Could you have meant "temporary" which means to me "non-permanent or transitory in nature."?
Even if you had meant "temporary", I rarely hear it used as a database design term except when used with the word "table" as in "temporary table". (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/create-table.html) However, if the TAU project is doing research on databases that are displaced or movable through time, this may be something I want to get involved with. What is their URL? Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
