Re: defining rules

My suggestion is that you study up on meta data and consider how to apply it to your situation.

There is no easy solution to accomplish what you wish.

Jared

On Friday 05 April 2002 23:18, prem_at_ibsplc.com wrote:
> I have a bugging problem, I will try to explain it...
>
> We need to store rules into the databse ...
>
>
> example
> Rule 1 says : if the name of a person = 'A' , age is > 20 , state ='YSA'
> the execute procedure1
>
> Another rule says
>
> Rule 2 : if the name of a person = 'A' , age is > 20 the execute
> procedure2
>
>
> Now if we try to save a person record as follows
> Name ='A' and age = 23 then both the rules would be executed.
>
>
> Now my problem, there could be hundreds of such rules, so when I save the
> person record, how do I find which rule to be applied
> What is the best optimum method to store these rules in the database and
> what is the best solution to find which rule to be applied..
>
>
> Please note that these are not the only parameters that could be there in
> the rules...

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