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French: comparison d'ensemble

English translation: sets comparison







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French term or phrase:comparaison d'ensembles
English translation:sets comparison
Entered by:Didier Briel
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French term or phrase: comparison d'ensemble
I think this is the last of these queries.

"Le langage SQL a été prévu pour effectuer ce genre de verification grâce a la comparaison d'ensemble."

Is this the compare function or the Compare module? I'm not sure what to make of "d'ensemble".
Deborah Workman
United States
sets comparison
Explanation:
"ensemble" is a mathematical term, "set" in English. "comparaison d'ensemble" means "comparing sets".
SQL language creates several "sets of data", which it can compare.
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Didier Briel
France
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you, Didier. This fit perfectly into my text. Miriam, thank you for the alternative.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1sets comparisonDidier Briel
4overall comparison
GILLES MEUNIER
1comparing (data) setsmwatchorn


  


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
overall comparison

Explanation:
I would say

GILLES MEUNIER
France
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sets comparison

Explanation:
"ensemble" is a mathematical term, "set" in English. "comparaison d'ensemble" means "comparing sets".
SQL language creates several "sets of data", which it can compare.


Didier Briel
France
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Note from asker to answerer
Thank you, Didier. This fit perfectly into my text. Miriam, thank you for the alternative.

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agree Eduardo Olivera Hernández: SQL is based on the sets theory.
3 mins
  -> Yes, thanks.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
comparing (data) sets

Explanation:
Just a variation on Didier's suggestion.
SQL was designed to carry out this type of check by comparing sets.
Subject knowledge


    www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/ print/a/1693?x-t=blog_this.vi
    Reference: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2003/10/03/244.aspx
mwatchorn
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