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- From: kencham@ulysses.cs.umn.edu (Deepak)
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- Subject: Re: What is the _Halloween Problem_ ?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.161050.668@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 16:10:50 GMT
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- Ho gurus,
-
- Thanks for the clarification. But one doubt still persists .....
-
- Consider the following table :
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- table OneK {
-
- TYPE unique2 ; /* This is a primary key for the table */
- ..........
- };
-
- Consider the query,
-
- Update OneK
- Set unique2 = 10002
- where unique2 == 10001;
-
- According to some systems, this is an instance of the
- _Halloween Problem_. How ? Besides violation of entity constraint
- what is the other problem that makes it _HP_ for some systems.
-
- Thanks, in advance
- PS: Exact syntax etc.. may be overlooked.
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