Re: Is supertyping orthadox?

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:21:47 +0000, Mark Preston <mark_at_mpreston.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Actually, people, there is one particular scenario where their idea
>not only makes sense but is the best way of dealing with the user
>requirements. If the user does not _know_ what entities need to be
>represented in future (to deal with changing business practice, for
>example) and at the same time wants a clear and comprehensive data
>dictionary for use in either a data warehouse or for malleable
>associations in an OLTP database (so that they can set links and
>relationships "on the fly") then IMHO it is the best solution
>available.

Sure, if you want to let the users change the data model, and the application can either follow automagically or the user is responsible for making appropriate changes, but somehow the user is not capable of making the appropriate changes to a conventional data model, ...

Too many if's, and's, or but's for my money.

J. Received on Thu Mar 22 2001 - 23:55:44 CET