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From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: MULTISET and additional functions for ARRAY
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In response to Re: MULTISET and additional functions for ARRAY  (Darren Duncan <darren@darrenduncan.net>)
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On Nov 11, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Darren Duncan wrote:

> I think that it would be best to implement MULTISET in the same way that a TABLE is implemented. Logically and
structurallythey are the same thing, but that a MULTISET typically is used as a field value of a table row.  Aka, a
tableand a multiset are just different names for a relation, loosely speaking. 

That sounds like a composite type to me.

Best,

David

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