On Jul 27, 2007, at 6:29 AM, avdd wrote:
> > On Jul 27, 9:45 am, jason kirtland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is the last opportunity >> for terminology changes for a while, so I offer this up for >> discussion. > > Does anyone else think "orm.relation" is wrong? Perhaps > "relationship" if you must have a noun, or "relates_to", etc, but > "relation" could cement the popular misunderstanding of "relational > database". > "relation" is wrongish because it conflicts with Codd's term "relation". However, I have pored over SQL and relational articles to see what word they use when they want to describe a table A that joins to table B. and they always say: "relationship". If you look up "relation" and "relationship" in the dictionary, *they mean the same thing*. somehow naming it "relationship" feels weird (though we can go with that if we want). "relates_to", probably more accurate..but the kinds of words we've been using in "properties" (and generally) are nouns. Elixir is the one using the "verb/preposition" style. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
